My Testimony on S.456 (CPR and Defibrillator Graduation Requirements)

Today, July 21st, I joined Newburyport High School student Madeleine Jackman, as well as, Kyle McWilliam-Lopez, the Executive Director of the Northeastern Chapter of the American Red Cross of Massachusetts on a panel providing testimony in support of my CPR legislation (S.456) I sponsored this session at the Joint Committee on Education's Public Hearing in Gardner Auditorium. 

📃S.456, An Act requiring instruction in CPR and the use of defibrillators for high school graduation which would make CPR certification a high school graduation requirement.

Thank you to constituent and co-sponsor of this bill, Madeleine Elizabeth Jackman, whose personal story inspired S.456. 

Thank you also to Kyle McWilliam-Lopez and the American Red Cross for their advocacy and support of our efforts to expand this life-saving emergency medical certification to include CPR as a graduation requirement for high school students in Massachusetts. 

You can read a copy of the proposed legislation online at the following location:

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S456

To watch the full Joint Committee on Education Public Hearing, visit: 

 https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5299

Posted by Bruce Tarr at 8:51 AM