Missouri legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Missouri HB266: Requires bleeding control kits in all public school and charter school classrooms
Status: In committee, May 15, 2025
What the bill says
To amend chapter 160, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to bleeding control kits in public schools. Section A. Chapter 160, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 160.485, to read as follows: 160.485. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Stop the Bleed Act". 2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Bleeding control kit", a first aid response kit that contains at least the following: (a) Tourniquets that are: a. Endorsed by the United States Department of Defense Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care or.
From the introduced text:
To amend chapter 160, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to bleeding control kits in public schools. Section A. Chapter 160, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 160.485, to read as follows: 160.485. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Stop the Bleed Act". 2. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Bleeding control kit", a first aid response kit that contains at least the following: (a) Tourniquets that are: a. Endorsed by the United States Department of Defense Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care or its successor entity; or b. Approved for use in battlefield trauma care by the Armed Forces of the United States; (b) Bleeding control bandages; (c) Latex-free protective gloves; (d) Permanent markers; (e) Instructional documents developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security's Stop the Bleed national awareness campaign or the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, or both; and EXPLANATION -- Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 266 (f) Other medical materials and equipment similar to those described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision; …
Sponsors
- (R, 011) · primary sponsor