Prior Provisions
A prior section 244, acts [July 1, 1944, ch. 373], title III, § 312, [58 Stat. 693]; [July 3, 1946, ch. 538, § 8], [60 Stat. 424]; Dec. 5, 1967, [Pub. L. 90–174, § 12(b)], [81 Stat. 541]; Oct. 30, 1970, [Pub. L. 91–515, title II, § 282], [84 Stat. 1308], provided for health conferences, prior to repeal by [Pub. L. 93–353, title I, § 102(a)], July 23, 1974, [88 Stat. 362]. See section 242o(a) of this title.
A prior section 312 of act July 1, 1944, was classified to section 244–1 of this title prior to repeal by [Pub. L. 94–484].
Amendments
2010—Subsec. (c)(6). [Pub. L. 111–148, § 10412(1)], inserted “, that shall be administered by an organization that has substantial expertise in pediatric education, pediatric medicine, and electrophysiology and sudden death,” after “clearinghouse”.
Subsec. (e). [Pub. L. 111–148, § 10412(2)], substituted “for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2014” for “fiscal year 2003, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2006”.
2003—Subsec. (c)(6), (7). [Pub. L. 108–41] added par. (6) and redesignated former par. (6) as (7).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Findings
[Pub. L. 107–188, title I, § 159(b)], June 12, 2002, [116 Stat. 634], provided that: “Congress makes the following findings:“(1)
Over 220,000 Americans die each year from cardiac arrest. Every 2 minutes, an individual goes into cardiac arrest in the United States.
“(2)
The chance of successfully returning to a normal heart rhythm diminishes by 10 percent each minute following sudden cardiac arrest.
“(3)
Eighty percent of cardiac arrests are caused by ventricular fibrillation, for which defibrillation is the only effective treatment.
“(4)
Sixty percent of all cardiac arrests occur outside the hospital. The average national survival rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is only 5 percent.
“(5)
Communities that have established and implemented public access defibrillation programs have achieved average survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest as high as 50 percent.
“(6)
According to the American Heart Association, wide use of defibrillators could save as many as 50,000 lives nationally each year.
“(7)
Successful public access defibrillation programs ensure that cardiac arrest victims have access to early 911 notification, early cardiopulmonary resuscitation, early defibrillation, and early advanced care.”