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S 1595

Increases the in-person appearance requirements for level two sex offenders

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Andrew Lanza and 2 co-sponsors

Requires Byrne JAG funded trauma kits to meet new minimum performance standards and best practices for bleeding-control tools and training.

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Bill Summary · S 1595

Summary — S.1595 (119th Congress, 1st Session)

Short title: Improving Police Critical Aid for Responding to Emergencies Act (Improving Police CARE Act)

Note on document contents: The materials provided include two distinct measures that share the number “1595.” This summary focuses on the U.S. Senate bill S.1595 (federal) whose text is included and reported to the Senate. The packet also contains a separate Massachusetts Senate docket No. 1595 (a state bill authorizing trained school staff to administer epinephrine). The unrelated item in the header about sex-offender appearance requirements appears to be an error and is not reflected in the bill text below.

Purpose

To require and standardize minimum performance standards and recommended best practices for trauma/bleeding-control kits that are purchased with funds awarded under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) program.

Key provisions

  • Adds a new subsection (d) to Section 521 of Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10202) addressing “trauma kits.”
  • Definition: A “trauma kit” is a first-aid response kit that includes a bleeding-control kit for managing life‑threatening hemorrhage.
  • Funding restriction: Grantees may purchase trauma kits with Byrne JAG funds only if the kit meets performance standards set by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
  • Assembly option: Grantees may separately acquire approved components and assemble compliant kits.
  • BJA action required: Within 180 days of enactment, the BJA Director, in consultation with trauma surgeons, EMS, emergency physicians, law enforcement, professional organizations, and labor representatives, must:
    • Publish performance standards for trauma kits eligible for purchase with Byrne JAG funds (standards must, at minimum, require the components listed below).
    • Publish optional best practices for law enforcement agencies covering (i) training officers in kit use, (ii) deployment and maintenance of kits in vehicles, and (iii) deployment/location/maintenance in agency facilities.
  • Minimum required kit components:
    • A tourniquet recommended by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
    • A bleeding-control bandage.
    • Nonlatex protective gloves and a pen-type marker.
    • Blunt-ended scissors.
    • Instructional documents from the “Stop the Bleed” campaign (or successor), American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, American Red Cross, or Department of Defense partners.
    • A bag/container to hold the kit contents.
    • Any additional supplies approved by State/local/Tribal law enforcement or first responders that can treat traumatic injury and be stored in the kit.

Who is affected

  • Primary: Byrne JAG grantees (states, units of local government, law enforcement agencies) using those funds to procure trauma kits.
  • Secondary: Law enforcement officers, first responders, and civilians who may be cared for using standardized kits; manufacturers and vendors of trauma/bleeding-control kits (procurement requirements).

Implementation & timeline

  • BJA must publish performance standards and optional best practices within 180 days after enactment.
  • After standards are published, Byrne JAG-funded purchases of trauma kits must conform.

Legislative status (from provided actions)

  • Introduced in U.S. Senate: May 5, 2025 (sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn; multiple cosponsors including Tillis, Coons, Durbin, Rounds, Whitehouse, Moody).
  • Referred to Committee on the Judiciary; ordered reported and reported without amendment (Sen. Grassley).
  • Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar (Calendar No. 84).
  • Passed Senate (Reported actions indicate passed without amendment by unanimous consent on July 29, 2025).
  • Received in the House: Aug 1, 2025 (held at desk as of Aug 1, 2025).

Potential impact

  • Promotes uniform minimum quality/contents of bleeding-control trauma kits purchased with federal Byrne JAG funds.
  • May improve on-scene hemorrhage control by ensuring appropriate tools (e.g., tourniquet) and training guidance are available.
  • Could affect procurement procedures for agencies receiving Byrne JAG awards and require coordination with BJA guidance and training resources.

Additional note — Massachusetts Senate Docket No. 1595

The packet also contains a Massachusetts state bill (Senate Docket No. 1595) that would permit registered public and non‑public schools to authorize trained school personnel to administer epinephrine auto‑injectors in life‑threatening allergic emergencies, subject to training, policies, nurse oversight, and liability protections. This is a separate state-level measure and not part of the federal S.1595 CARE Act.

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

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