Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB1225

Creates the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act. Provides that the Act applies to public schools, school districts, and recognized nonpublic schools. Requires the Department of Public Health and the State Board of Education to develop and post on their publicly accessible Internet websites guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents, and their coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. Sets forth provisions concerning a sudden cardiac arrest symptoms and warning signs information sheet, informational meetings regarding the symptoms and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest, and a sudden cardiac arrest training course. Provides that (i) a student who exhibits signs or symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest while participating in an athletic activity must be removed by the team's head coach from participation at that time, (ii) if a student is known to have exhibited signs or symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest at any time prior to or following an athletic activity, the team's head coach shall prevent the student from participating in an athletic activity, and (iii) a student removed or prevented from participating in an athletic activity shall not return to participation until the student is evaluated and cleared for return to participation in writing by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, certified nurse practitioner, or cardiologist; sets forth penalties. Contains provisions concerning other youth athletic activities, construction of the Act, and agency rules. Effective 60 days after becoming law.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that a school entity (defined as a public school, school district, or nonpublic school recognized by the State Board of Education) shall require all physical education teachers and all coaches and referees of interscholastic athletics, student athletes, and athletic trainers to annually watch a training video, provided free of charge to the entity and of no more than 15 minutes in length, on hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Requires the Illinois High School Association to post a training video on hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillators on the association's Internet website, but only if it is provided to the association free of charge and is no more than 15 minutes in length. Requires school districts to notify parents and staff in newsletters, bulletins, calendars, or other correspondence currently published by the school district of the posted video and encourage parents and staff to view it. Effective immediately.

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