Introduced By: Senator Kelly
Date Introduced : March 19, 1999
Referred To: Committee on Finance
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 23-6.2-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-6.2 entitled "Public Access Defibrillation" is hereby amended to read as follows:
23-6.2-2. State to provide and distribute defibrillators.
-- On or after September 30, {DEL 1998 DEL} {ADD 1999 ADD},
the Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy, after consultation
with the Coalition for Public Safety Defibrillators shall provide
two (2) defibrillators for distribution to each and every city
or town in the state, {ADD thirty-five (35) defibrillators to the
Rhode Island State Police, ADD} one defibrillator to the State
House, one defibrillator to each campus of the University of Rhode
Island, one defibrillator to Rhode Island College and one defibrillator
to each campus of the Community College of Rhode Island. Such
devices shall be placed in the possession of the chief and/or
the highest ranking member of the municipality's police department,
{ADD the Rhode Island State Police, ADD} the capitol police in the
State House, the director of public safety or the chief of the
campus police at the University of Rhode Island, the director
of public safety or the chief of the department of security and
safety at Rhode Island College, the director of public safety
or the chief of campus police at the Community College of Rhode
Island or the Rhode Island state police in those municipalities
where the state police provide law enforcement service, to be
deployed by said officer in the manner in which he or she determines
will best promote the availability of and access to the defibrillator
by the general public. Provided that one or both defibrillators
may be deployed to the municipality's fire department if the police
chief determines that such deployment would best promote the intent
and purpose of this chapter. {ADD Such defibrillators will at all
times be deployed and used in accordance with all applicable federal
and state statutes. The Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy
will, in consultation with the Coalition for Public Safety Defibrillation,
also provide training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated
external defibrillator use for all law enforcement personnel serving
the municipalities and agencies referenced above to which automated
external defibrillators have been provided. ADD}
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
This act would require the state to provide funds to the Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy to distribute two (2) defibrillators to each and every city and town in this state, to be used by either the police force or fire department, thirty-five (35) defibrillators to the Rhode Island State Police, and one (1) defibrillator to the State House and each of the state supported college and university campuses. This act would also require the state to provide funds to the Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy for training of all law enforcement personnel within municipalities, state sponsored college and university campuses, the Capitol and State Police to whom automated external defibrillators were provided.
This act would take effect upon passage.
