(a) Materials and resourcesNot later than 18 months after December 23, 2024, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop public education materials and resources to be disseminated to school administrators, educators, school health professionals, coaches, families, guardians, caregivers, and other appropriate individuals. The materials and resources shall include—
(1) information on the signs, symptoms, and risk factors associated with high-risk cardiac conditions and genetic heart rhythm abnormalities that may cause sudden cardiac arrest in children, adolescents, and young adults, including—
(2)
guidelines regarding the placement of automated external defibrillators in schools, early childhood education programs, and child care centers;
(3)
training information on automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
(4)
recommendations for how schools, early childhood education programs, and child care centers can develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan.
(b) Dissemination of materials and resourcesNot later than 30 months after December 23, 2024, the Secretary shall disseminate the materials and resources developed under subsection (a) in accordance with the following:
(1) Distribution by State educational agenciesThe Secretary shall make available such materials and resources to State educational agencies to distribute—
(A)
to school administrators, educators, school health professionals, coaches, families, guardians, caregivers, and other appropriate individuals, the information developed under subsection (a)(1);
(B)
to parents, guardians, or other caregivers, the cardiomyopathy risk assessment developed pursuant to section 244b(b)(1) of this title; and
(2) Dissemination to health departments and professionals
The Secretary shall make available the materials and resources developed under subsection (a) to State and local health departments, pediatricians, hospitals, and other health professionals, such as nurses and first responders.
(3) Posting on website
(A) CDC
(ii) Additional information
The Director is encouraged to maintain on such public Internet website such additional information regarding cardiomyopathy as deemed appropriate by the Director.
(B) State educational agencies
State educational agencies are encouraged to create public Internet webpages dedicated to cardiomyopathy and post the materials and resources developed under subsection (a) on such webpages.
(c) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) The term “cardiomyopathy” means a heart disease that affects the heart’s muscle (myocardium)—
(3)
The terms “early childhood education program”, “elementary school”, and “secondary school” have the meanings given to those terms in section 7801 of title 20.
(4)
The term “school administrator” means a principal, director, manager, or other supervisor or leader within an elementary school, secondary school, State-based early childhood education program, or child care center.
(5)
The term “school health professional” means a health professional serving at an elementary school, secondary school, State-based early childhood education program, or child care center.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 312A, as added Pub. L. 118–176, § 2(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2605.)