New Jersey A 913: Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Bill Text

A913 

ASSEMBLY, No. 913 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOHN V. AZZARITI JR., M.D.

District 39 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of 
school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain 
certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
certification for certain school coaches and amending P.L.2013, c.209.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 5 of P.L.2013, 
c.209 (C.18A:40-41i) is amended to read as follows: 

���� 5.��� a.� A person who 
coaches a school district or nonpublic school athletic activity shall hold a 
current certification in [cardio-pulmonary] cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation from the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, [or] other 
training program recognized by the Department of Health , or the program 
established by the Department of Education pursuant to subsection b. of this 
section.

���� b.��� The Department of 
Education, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall establish a 
program for coaches of school districts and nonpublic school athletic 
activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.� The 
program shall: 

���� (1)�� utilize the current 
national evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation; 

���� (2)�� be modeled on an 
instructional program established by the American Red Cross, American Heart 
Association, or other training program recognized by the Department of Health; 

���� (3) include a hands-on 
learning component for each participating coach; and

���� (4)�� be provided at no 
cost to each participating coach. 

���� c.���� Any costs of 
implementing the program established pursuant to subsection b. of this section 
shall be borne by the State.� 

(P.L.2013, c.209, s.5)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the sixth month next following the date of 
enactment, except that the Department of Education may take any anticipatory 
administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation 
of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This 
bill requires the Department of Education to establish a program for coaches of 
school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain 
certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

���� Under current law, any 
person who coaches a school district or nonpublic school athletic activity is 
required to hold a current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.� 
This bill requires the department, in consultation with the Department of 
Health, to offer a program for these coaches to obtain this certification.� The 
program is to: utilize the current national evidence-based guidelines for 
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; be modeled on an instructional program 
established by the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or other 
training program recognized by the Department of Health; include a hands-on 
learning component for each participating coach; and be provided at no cost to 
a participating coach.� The bill stipulates that the costs of implementing the 
program are to be borne by the State.�