[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 87 (Wednesday, June 26, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6173-S6174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             AUTOMATIC DEFIBRILLATION IN ADAM'S MEMORY ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from further 
consideration of S. 1041 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1041) to establish a program for an information 
     clearinghouse to increase public access to defibrillation in 
     schools.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the bill be read a 
third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and 
that any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record as if 
given, without intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1041) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1041

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Automatic Defibrillation in 
     Adam's Memory Act'', or the ``ADAM Act''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the 
     United States.
       (2) 220,000 Americans die each year of sudden cardiac 
     arrest.
       (3) The American Heart Association estimates that the lives 
     of 50,000 cardiac arrest victims could be saved each year 
     through initiating a course of action known as the chain of 
     survival.
       (4) The chain of survival includes prompt notification of 
     emergency services and early cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
     (referred to in this Act as ``CPR''), defibrillation, and 
     advanced cardiac life support.
       (5) An important part of United States school children's 
     education is learning healthy behaviors, including proper 
     nutrition and physical activity. This health education should 
     also include basic emergency lifesaving skills.
       (6) Incorporating these lifesaving training programs into 
     the health curriculum of elementary and secondary schools 
     will give school children these skills.
       (7) Project Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory 
     (ADAM) has been successful in fostering awareness of the 
     potential for cardiac arrest in the childhood and adolescent 
     population, encouraging improvement of screening procedures, 
     and facilitating the training of high school staff and 
     students in CPR and the use of automatic external 
     defibrillators (referred to in this Act as ``AED'').

     SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR ACCESS TO DEFIBRILLATION.

       (a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall award a grant to an organization to establish 
     national information clearinghouse that provides information 
     to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.
       (b) Duties.--The health care organization that receives a 
     grant under this section shall promote public access to 
     defibrillation in schools by--
       (1) providing timely information to entities regarding 
     public access defibrillation program implementation and 
     development;
       (2) developing and providing comprehensive program 
     materials to establish a public access defibrillation program 
     in schools;
       (3) providing support to CPR and AED training programs;
       (4) fostering new and existing community partnerships with 
     and among public and private organizations (such as local 
     educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, public health 
     organizations, emergency medical service providers, fire and 
     police departments, and parent-teacher associations) to 
     promote public access to defibrillation in schools;
       (5) establishing a data base to gather information in a 
     central location regarding sudden cardiac arrest in the 
     pediatric population and identifying or conducting further 
     research into the problem; and
       (6) providing assistance to communities that wish to 
     develop screening programs for at risk youth.
       (c) Application.--A health care organization desiring a 
     grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
     Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 
     such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
       (d) Report.--Not later than 5 years after receipt of a 
     grant under this section, the health care organization that 
     receives such grant shall prepare and submit to the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services a report that describes 
     activities carried out with funds received under this 
     section. Not later than 3 months after receipt of such 
     report, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     an evaluation that reviews such report and evaluates the 
     success of such clearinghouse.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--From funds authorized 
     to be appropriated for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 for 
     activities and programs under the Department of Health and 
     Human Services, $800,000 of such funds may be appropriated to 
     carry out the programs described in this Act for each of the 
     fiscal years 2002 through 2006.

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