HOUSE BILL REPORT

SSB 6206

BYSenate Committee on Health Care & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Deccio, Johnson and West)

Requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions to be posted at multifamily swimming pools.

House Committe on Health Care

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (10)

      Signed by Representatives Braddock, Chair; Day, Vice Chair; Bristow, Brooks, Bumgarner, Lewis, Lux, D. Sommers, Sprenkle and Vekich.

House Staff:Antonio Sanchez (786-7383)

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE FEBRUARY 24, 1988

BACKGROUND:

Current law allows for health and safety regulations of swimming pools at multifamily housing facilities but does not specify that instructions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation be posted.

SUMMARY:

Owners of multifamily housing facilities that include a swimming pool are required to conspicuously post instructions for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Fiscal Note:      Available.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Senator Alex Deccio, Sponsor.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    This measure would increase the level of safety in multifamily housing facilities that have swimming pools.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.