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H.R. 4926: Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2008

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H.R. 4926: Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2007-12-19 · Education · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-12-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2008

Plain summary

Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2008, or the Josh Miller HEARTS Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use in their schools; and/or (2) provide training to meet the grant requirement that at least five adult employees or volunteers at each school where an AED is to be used successfully complete training in its use and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Requires LEA grant applicants also to demonstrate that: (1) the AEDs are integrated into the schools' emergency response procedures; and (2) emergency services personnel are notified of their locations. Requires LEA grantees to provide nonfederal matching funds equal to at least 25% of their grant, unless 20% or more of the children they serve come from impoverished families. Gives grant priority to schools that: (1) lack an AED; (2) typically have a significant number of students, staff, and visitors present during the day; (3) generally have a longer wait for emergency medical services than other public facilities in the community; and (4) have not received funds under the Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act. Authorizes appropriations for the grant program for FY2008-FY2013.

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Official text

Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2008

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] · 100 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4926, Josh Miller HEARTS Act (2008-09-08); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4926, Josh Miller HEARTS Act (2008-09-08)

Cosponsors on this site

Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Al Green (D-TX), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and 40 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr4926 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110