May 11, 2010, Introduced by Senators SCOTT, ANDERSON, BRATER, HUNTER, BARCIA and CLARKE and referred to the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.
A bill to designate the month of April of each year as
Michigan Student Athlete Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month in
the state of Michigan.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes that the state of
Michigan has lost at least 41 students to sudden cardiac arrest and
related causes since December 1999. In commemoration, the
legislature declares that the month of April of each year shall be
known as "Michigan Student Athlete Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness
Month".
(2) The legislature encourages the people of the state of
Michigan during Michigan Student Athlete Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Awareness Month to become more aware of the importance of improved
preparticipation screening of our student athletes and the
preparedness of our citizenry and public employees to respond to
the sudden cardiac arrest of our sons and daughters while entrusted
to our schools in the course of their education.