Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 10
- Latest action
- Feb 21, 2025
What it does
The Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2025 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationally uniform baseline of civil liability protections for individuals and entities involved in the emergency use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). It would grant immunity from civil liability to AED users, premises owners or managers, and AED owner-acquirers—except in cases of willful misconduct, gross negligence, or when the AED is used by licensed health professionals acting within their professional scope or by healthcare entities’ employees. The bill also clarifies that these federal protections preempt conflicting state laws and do not require AED placement or training for…
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