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HB 836

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Public Schools - Student Athletics - Requirements and Emergency Action Plans (Elijah Gorham Act)

Sponsor: Delegate LiermanCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 212 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the requirements for an automated external defibrillator program in public middle and high schools; altering the requirements for actions to be taken by county boards of education regarding heat acclimatization for student athletes; requiring middle schools and high schools to develop venue-specific emergency action plans for the operation and use of automatic external defibrillators, heat acclimatization, and coordination of care for other emergent injuries and severe weather for outdoor facilities; etc.

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Testimony (9)

MGA witness list
FAV 4FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMcNair, MartinThe Jordan McNair Foundation IncOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Lierman, Delegate LiermanlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVLierman, BrookeIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVShaw, ShantresIndividualPosition only
UNFPerez, ReneeIndividualPosition only
FWAPeters, SarahlobbyistHusch Blackwell StrategiesWritten (PDF)
FWAWoolums, JohnlobbyistMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationWritten (PDF)
FWARobinson, WilliamMaryland Athletic Trainers' AssociationOral
FWASterrette, DawanaIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FWAPeters, SarahHusch Blackwell StrategiesRegistered for: Action Now Initiative, LLC; Alibaba; Ameresco; American Diabetes Association; Apartment & Office Building Association; Barwood Taxi Service
FWAWoolums, JohnMaryland Assn. of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education