HF 2473

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/17/2025 03:00 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to education finance; appropriating money for public access automated
external defibrillator smart monitored cabinets; requiring a report.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; FAITH'S LAW.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Department of Education. new text end

new text begin The sum indicated in this section is
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education for the fiscal year
designated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Public access automated external defibrillator smart monitored cabinets. new text end

new text begin (a)
For a grant to the Minnesota State High School League for school districts to purchase,
install, and operate public access automated external defibrillator (AED) smart monitored
cabinets on school grounds:
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new text begin $ new text end

new text begin $24,000,000 new text end

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new text begin 2026 new text end

new text begin (b) Grant money must be used to purchase and install up to 2,000 public access AED
smart monitored cabinets, including fully connected AEDs with quick rescue, five years of
AED smart monitoring and full maintenance, and miscellaneous accessories and actions in
an AED package program supplied by Power to Save a Life, Advocates for Health, AED
Smart Monitoring LLC, Avive Real Connect AED, or their equivalents. The AED units
must be installed on school grounds and comply with public access AEDs as defined in
Minnesota Statutes, section 403.51, subdivision 1.
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new text begin (c) The Minnesota State High School League and the Anyone Can Save A Life program
must mutually select school districts as grant award recipients from applicants that agree
to the following:
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new text begin (1) each AED unit purchased with grant money must be located outdoors or in an indoor
facility that is always publicly accessible;
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new text begin (2) the local, state, or federal agency that administers the land on which the AED unit
is located must agree to the specific location where it is placed;
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new text begin (3) the grant recipient must provide for the operation and maintenance of the AED unit
for five years from installation without seeking additional state or local funding;
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new text begin (4) the grant recipient must install, operate, and maintain the AED unit in a manner that
accounts for typical weather and temperature conditions and ensures reliable operation in
those conditions; and
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new text begin (5) the grant recipient is responsible for compliance with the applicable requirements
of Minnesota Statutes, section 403.51.
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new text begin (d) By October 1, 2025, the Minnesota State High School League and the Anyone Can
Save A Life program must begin accepting school district applications for installation of
AED smart monitored cabinets on school district grounds and determine the per district
allocation of grant money.
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new text begin (e) By October 1, 2026, the Minnesota State High School League must report to the
chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over
kindergarten through grade 12 education on the grants awarded to school districts, money
allocated to each recipient district, and number of AED units installed. The report must be
filed in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195.
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new text begin (f) This is a onetime appropriation.
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