Connecticut AED Laws and Legislation
Find out more about Connecticut AED laws and pending Connecticut AED legislation. Learn what legislators in Connecticut are doing to mandate state requirements for the placement of AEDs, including laws to protect organizations that purchase an AED.
An AED Law can empower individuals to train and be prepared to use an automated external defibrillator to save lives. Good Samaritan laws can protect those who use an AED to help a victim. State AED laws that mandate AED installation in proportion to the population of a public facility could increase survival rates.
Research shows that the availability of an automated external defibrillator (AED) in schools, hotels, recreation and sports facilities, assisted living communities, public buildings, high rises, businesses, and communities, dramatically increases the survival rate for a victim of sudden cardiac arrest.
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AED laws in this state. This information is updated continuously.
| Bill No. | Effective Date | Sponsor | Summary | Public Law Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 5290 | Representative Bryan Hurlburt | An act requiring the availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools. Purpose: To ensure that schools are equipped with automatic external defibrillators and that personnel within such schools receive adequate training on the use and maintenance of such devices. | ||
| HB 5040 | Representative Mary G. Fritz | An act concerning the availability of automatic external defibrillators through the school construction grant process. Purpose: To ensure the safety and well-being of Connecticut school children. | ||
| HB 7001 | Representative Christopher G. Donovan | An act concerning deficit mitigation for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2013. | 12-1 | |
| HB 5244 | Representative Mary G. Fritz | An act providing good samaritan protection to entities that make automatic external defibrillators available and to individuals who render cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Purpose: To extend Good Samaritan protection to entities that make available automatic external defibrillators and to individuals who render cardiopulmonary resuscitation. | ||
| HB 6162 | Representative Bryan Hurlburt | An act concerning immunity related to automatic external defibrillators. Purpose: To extend immunity under the Good Samaritan law to those who perform functions related to the availability of an automatic external defibrillator. | ||
| HB 5029 | Representative Mary G. Fritz | An act concerning the availability of automatic external defibrillators. Purpose: To save teenage lives by requiring the on-site availability of automatic external defibrillators at facilities that offer physical recreational opportunities to teenagers. | ||
| HB 5514 | Public Health Committee | An act concerning various revisions to the public health statutes. Purpose: To make various changes to the public health statutes. | 12-197 | |
| HB 5063 | Representative Emil Altobello | An act concerning the availability of automatic external defibrillators in health clubs. Purpose: To establish requirements concerning the availability and use of automatic external defibrillators in health clubs. | ||
| HB 5348 | Education Committee | An act concerning the administration of medicine to students with diabetes, the duties of school medical advisors, the availability of cpr and aed training materials for boards of education and physical exercise during the school day. Purpose: To require local and regional boards of education to appoint an appropriate number of school nurses for the district that promotes a healthy learning environment; to establish the School Nurse Professional Development Advisory Council; and to amend the duties of school medical advisors. | 12-198 | |
| HB 5289 | Representative Bryan Hurlburt | An act concerning increased access to automatic external defibrillators in health clubs, athletic facilities and institutions of higher education. Purpose: To establish requirements pertaining to the availability of automatic external defibrillators in health clubs, athletic facilities and institutions of higher education. | ||
| SB 501 | Senator Donald E. Williams | An act implementing certain provisions concerning government administration. | 12-2 | |
| HB 6008 | Representative Jason Perillo | An act concerning good samaritan law immunity for the use of automatic external defibrillators. Purpose: To provide immunity under the Good Samaritan law for persons who use, possess or control an automatic external defibrillator if the defibrillator is maintained as required by law. | ||
| SB 186 | General Law Committee | An act concerning automatic external defibrillators in health clubs. Purpose: To establish requirements regarding the placement, maintenance and use of automatic external defibrillators in health clubs. | ||
| SB 997 | Public Safety And Security Committee | An act concerning the department of emergency management and homeland security. Purpose: To make a technical correction to the statutes on Homeland Security. | ||
| HB 6622 | Judiciary Committee | An act concerning the burden of proof in medical malpractice cases and the standard of care related to emergency medical care and treatment. Purpose: To: (1) Provide that a claimant in a medical malpractice action establish the negligence of a health care provider by clear and convincing evidence; and (2) provide that health care providers who render care in emergency departments of acute care hospitals and licensed medical professionals who render emergency care voluntarily and gratuitously be liable for acts or omissions constituting a reckless disregard for the consequences. | ||
| HB 5613 | Representative Linda A. Orange | An act concerning the use of automatic external defibrillators in health care settings. Purpose: To require the presence of automated external defibrillators or functionally equivalent devices in those areas where episodes of cardiac arrest are most likely to occur. | ||
| HB 6369 | Judiciary Committee | An act concerning immunity for the ownership or maintenance of an automatic external defibrillator. Purpose: To provide immunity for any person who owns or maintains an automatic external defibrillator in any building or portion thereof that is open to the public, provided the automatic external defibrillator is maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's standards, the automatic external defibrillator may be readily retrieved and the location of the automatic external defibrillator is clearly indicated. | ||
| SB 12 | Senator Edith G. Prague | An act concerning the availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools. Purpose: To improve the health and safety of Connecticut residents by requiring the presence of automatic external defibrillators in schools. | ||
| SB 1050 | Public Health Committee | An act concerning the availability of automatic external defibrillators in certain health care settings. Purpose: To require the presence of automated external defibrillators in health care settings where instances of sudden cardiac arrest are most likely to occur. | ||
| HB 5872 | Representative Ed Jutila | An act concerning automatic external defibrillators in health clubs. Purpose: To provide for immediate on-premises availability in health clubs of life-saving equipment and trained personnel in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. | ||
| SB 428 | Public Health Committee | An act concerning revisions to public health related statutes and the establishment of the health information technology exchange of Connecticut. Purpose: To make various revisions to public health related statutes. | 10-117 | |
| HB 5483 | Representative Kevin Ryan | An act concerning defibrillators in health care facilities. Purpose: To require dialysis units, outpatient surgical facilities, assisted living services agencies and residential care homes to (1) have automatic external defibrillators on the premises, and (2) during normal hours of operation, at least one person on the premises trained in the use of such defibrillators and CPR. | ||
| SB 43 | Senator Donald J. DeFronzo | An act establishing the united municipal assistance grant program. Purpose: To increase flexibility for municipalities of uses of state funding. | ||
| SB 1195 | Appropriations Committee | An act concerning school finance reform. Purpose: To replace the state's current mechanisms for funding public school education with a long-term, sustainable pupil-based school funding system. | ||
| SB 553 | Senator Kevin D. Witkos | An act concerning the requirements for firefighter i certification. Purpose: To require CPR and AED certification as part of firefighter I certification. | ||
| HB 6266 | General Law Committee | An act concerning automatic external defibrillators in health clubs. Purpose: To save lives by establishing requirements regarding the placement, maintenance and use of automated external defibrillators in health clubs. | ||
| SB 574 | Senator Sam S. Caligiuri | An act concerning immunity from civil damages for entities providing access to automatic external defibrillators. Purpose: To encourage the purchase and use of automatic external defibrillators by health clubs, institutions of higher education, nursing homes and rehabilitative facilities by extending immunity from civil damages for any injury caused by their use in the rendering of emergency care. | ||
| SB 316 | Public Health Committee | AN ACT CONCERNING AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR TASK FORCE. Purpose: To establish an automated external defibrillator task force. | ||
| SB 91 | Senator Leonard Fasano | An act concerning the presence of automatic external defibrillators in all schools and public buildings. Purpose: To require schools and public buildings to have at least one centrally located automatic external defibrillator available in the event of an emergency. | ||
| HB 5455 | Representative Jason Perillo | An act concerning immunity for public facilities that maintain automatic external defibrillators. Purpose: To provide immunity for any public facility that maintains an automatic external defibrillator in accordance with specified standards. | ||
| HB 6599 | 10/01/2009 | Public Health Committee | An act concerning patient safety. Purpose: To ensure that a patient who requires transportation on a stretcher is safely transported to his or her destination. | 09-16 |
| SB 1089 | 10/01/2009 | Judiciary Committee | An act concerning automatic external defibrillators. Purpose: To establish requirements and immunity for the use of automatic external defibrillators in health clubs and athletic facilities of public high schools and institutions of higher education. | 09-59 |
| HB 6541 | 10/01/2009 | Public Safety And Security Committee | An act concerning municipal fire police officers. Purpose: To require that adult, child and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator certification be mandatory components of Firefighter I certification. | 09-137 |
| SB 981 | 07/01/2009 | Public Health Committee | An act concerning the availability of automatic external defibrillators in schools. Purpose: To save lives by requiring that: (1) There be an of automatic external defibrillator and school staff trained in the use such defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in all schools; and (2) schools develop emergency response plans to address serious incidents involving an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or similar life threatening emergency while on school grounds. | 09-94 |
| SB 317 | 10/01/2006 | Public Health Committee | An act concerning revisions to department of public health statutes. Purpose: To make revisions to Department of Public Health statutes. | 06-195 |
| SB 1208 | 07/13/2005 | Senator Christopher S. Murphy | Purpose: To extend immunity from liability to staff members of hospitals who oversee the training, distribution and quality assurance of nerve antidote kits for emergency preparedness, and to allow emergency medical technicians and paramedics to operate under the surveillance, medical control and direction of the medical directors of the state's emergency preparedness forces. | 259 |
| HB 5631 | 06/01/2004 | Public Health | Purpose: To consider and recommend how best to use automatic external defibrillators in ways that will increase survival of cardiac events. | 9 |
| HB 5931 | 07/01/2003 | Representative Sandy Nafis | Purpose: To allow certain school staff members to use a cartridge injector on students, and to provide protection for nonprofit organizations that sponsor programs that may be attended by children who may require cartridge injectors. | 211 |
| HB 5627 | 05/14/2003 | Representative Mary Ann Carson | Purpose: To develop guidelines for the placement of automatic external defibrillators in public facilities. | 03-9 |
