132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 587		LR 810(04)
	An Act to Require Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Athletic Emergency Action Plans for Schools and School-sponsored Athletic Events
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
	Sponsor: Sen. Rafferty of York
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires school administrative units (SAUs) to have an automated external defibrillator in an athletic venue accessible at any school-sponsored event or team practice in which students are participating.  Requires SAUs to provide notification of the location and type of automated external defibrillator acquired to the appropriate first aid, ambulance, rescue service or other appropriate local emergency medical service providers.  Requires SAUs to develop and implement an athletic emergency action plan that addresses the appropriate, venue-specific use of school personnel to respond to an individual experiencing sudden cardiac arrest or a similar life-threatening emergency while attending or participating in an athletic practice or event on school grounds.				School	Significant statewide
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.