AED Bill Clears Hurdle

June 16, 2023 561 Views

AED Bill Clears Hurdle

Automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs, could be placed in nearly every school or sports and recreation venue in Ohio, under a proposal that cleared the Republican-dominated House with overwhelming bipartisan support. The legislation, sparked by the sudden cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin in January on the field during a football game in Cincinnati, would require that all public schools and municipally-owned sports and recreation locations to have on-site AEDs. It cleared the chamber on an 84-6 vote. Current Ohio law allows school districts to require AEDs on site, but it’s an elective decision that’s left to individual districts.

 

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