Bill Text: NJ A4697 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires local recreation departments, youth serving organizations, and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-09-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee [A4697 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A4697-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA
District 34 (Essex)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Morales, Reynolds-Jackson and Assemblyman Rodriguez
SYNOPSIS
Requires local recreation departments, youth serving organizations, and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning automated external defibrillators and supplementing Title 5 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Within 180 days following the effective date of this act, a youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, and a nonprofit youth serving organization as defined in section 1 of P.L.1999, c.432 (C.15A:3A-1) including, but not limited to, Little Leagues, Babe Ruth Leagues, Pop Warner Leagues, Police Athletic Leagues, and youth soccer leagues, which organizes, sponsors, or is otherwise affiliated with youth athletic events that are played on municipal, county, school, or other publicly-owned fields, shall ensure that there is available on site an automated external defibrillator, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-24), at each youth athletic event and practice held on the home field of the youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, or nonprofit youth serving organization.
b. A youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, or nonprofit youth serving organization shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this section if a State-certified emergency services provider or other certified first responder is on site at the athletic event or practice and has a defibrillator available for use on site.
c. Notwithstanding any provisions of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-23 et seq.) to the contrary, a youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, or nonprofit youth serving organization, and employees, volunteers, coaches, and licensed athletic trainers of the youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, or nonprofit youth serving organization, shall be immune from civil liability in the acquisition and use of a defibrillator.
d. As used in this section, "youth camp operator" means the same as that term is defined by section 3 of P.L.1973, c.375 (C.26:12-3).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires local recreation departments, youth serving organizations, and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Under the bill, a youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, and a nonprofit youth serving organization including, but not limited to, Little Leagues, Babe Ruth Leagues, Pop Warner Leagues, Police Athletic Leagues, and youth soccer leagues, which organizes, sponsors, or is otherwise affiliated with youth athletic events that are played on municipal, county, school, or other publicly-owned fields, is to ensure that there is available on site an automated external defibrillator at each youth athletic event and practice held on the home field of the youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, or nonprofit youth serving organization.
The bill provides that a youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, or nonprofit youth serving organization is to be deemed to be in compliance with the bill's requirements if a State-certified emergency services provider or other certified first responder is on site at the athletic event or practice and has a defibrillator available for use on site.
Under the bill, a youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, or nonprofit youth serving organization, and employees, volunteers, coaches, and licensed athletic trainers of the youth camp operator, municipal or county recreation department, or nonprofit youth serving organization, are to be immune from civil liability in the acquisition and use of a defibrillator.
