The new bill could lower the training threshold to elementary school children. Lawmakers proposed 19 similar bills — several of which became law — in statehouses around the country, including Texas, according to the Stop the Bleed program, which promotes and tracks legislation pertaining to trauma bleeding control. The proposed Texas bill is unlikely to move forward from the committee before the legislative session closes later this month. In 2019, Arkansas adopted a law that requires public schools to provide bleeding-control training to high school students. "Pushing back against this doesn't mean we're not for life-saving measures that civilians can use," said Sathya, who has taught stop-the-bleeding courses to high school students and others.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 13, 2023 03:32 UTC