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HB 5741

Education: other; recommended model core academic curriculum content standards for health education and certain guidelines for health education; modify. Amends sec. 1170a of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1170a).

2023-2024 Regular Session Introduced by Greg Alexander and 21 co-sponsors

Michigan schools must teach CPR, AED use, and Stop the Bleed in grades 7–12, with hands-on training encouraged and online-only allowed for non-psychomotor delivery.

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Bill Summary · HB 5741

Summary — HB 5741 (amendment to MCL 380.1170a)

Sponsor: Rep. Mike Harris | Subject: Education — health instruction | Status: Passed House (12/11/2024); referred to Senate committees (Gov Ops 12/18/2024; Joint Comm. on Public Safety & Security 1/21/2025)

Purpose

To revise the state-recommended health education standards so that middle‑ and high‑school students receive instruction in lifesaving skills: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and use of first‑aid/bleeding‑control (“Stop the Bleed”) response kits.

Key provisions

  • Requires the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) to ensure the model health education content standards and guidelines (Sec. 1278a / MCL 380.1170a) provide for:
    • CPR instruction for pupils in grades 7–12 that incorporates psychomotor skills necessary to perform CPR. Instruction must be based on an American Red Cross or American Heart Association program or other nationally recognized, evidence‑based CPR guidelines.
    • Instruction about AEDs for pupils in grades 7–12.
    • Instruction for pupils in grades 7–12 on use of first‑aid/bleeding‑control kits developed by Stop the Bleed, the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, or determined appropriate by MDE.
  • Hands‑on (psychomotor) training is strongly encouraged for students who are able to physically participate (for both CPR and first‑aid kit instruction). Schools or programs providing 100% online instruction are exempt from the psychomotor requirement.
  • First‑aid response kits must include at least: a tourniquet; bleeding‑control dressings; compression bandages; latex‑free protective gloves; trauma shears; a marker; and written instructions on kit use.
  • Staffing and instructor rules:
    • If CPR instruction will result in an official CPR certification/card, it must be taught by an authorized CPR/AED instructor (authorized by AHA, Red Cross, or similar).
    • A certificated teacher is not required to be an authorized CPR/AED instructor when instruction does not result in a certification.
    • Schools are encouraged to use local resources (EMTs, paramedics, police, firefighters, licensed registered nurses including school nurses, AHA/Red Cross representatives, or teachers/staff trained as Stop the Bleed instructors).

Who is affected

  • Public school districts, public school academies (charter schools), intermediate school districts, and nonpublic schools that adopt the state‑recommended standards for health education.
  • Teachers, school nurses, local emergency responders and organizations used as instructors.
  • Students in grades 7–12 (for CPR, AED, and bleeding control instruction).

Fiscal impact

  • House Fiscal Agency analyses indicate no state fiscal impact. Local costs are possible (procurement of kits, curriculum/time for hands‑on practice, instructor training), but committee report indicates no fiscal impact on local districts; any costs likely absorbed locally.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Substitute (H‑2) adopted by House; passed House with immediate effect 12/11/2024 (Yeas 97 — Nays 12).
  • Transmitted to Senate; referred to Committee on Government Operations (12/18/2024) and later to Joint Committee on Public Safety & Security (1/21/2025).
  • Amendment is to section 1170a of the Revised School Code (1976 PA 451; MCL 380.1170a). The bill directs MDE to ensure standards (not immediate individual school mandates) and includes a 100% online exemption for hands‑on skills.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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