Bill Text: CA AB2042 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Child daycare facilities: anaphylactic policy.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-09-29 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2042 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2042-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 17, 2022 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Villapudua |
February 14, 2022 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law sets forth the licensure and regulation of child daycare facilities by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to encourage any person who provides childcare in a licensed child daycare facility to have certain elementary health care training, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and pediatric first aid.
Existing law requires school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to provide emergency epinephrine auto-injectors, as defined, to school nurses and trained personnel who have volunteered to use epinephrine auto-injectors under emergency circumstances, as specified. Existing law authorizes school nurses and trained personnel to use epinephrine auto-injectors to provide emergency medical aid to persons suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an anaphylactic reaction.
Existing
law sets forth the powers and duties of the State Department of Public Health in various areas of child and adolescent health, including certain health requirements relating to child daycare facilities and educational institutions.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to anaphylaxis prevention training and education in child daycare facilities and educational institutions.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1596.7985 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 1596.798, to read:1596.7985.
(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2023, the department shall establish an anaphylactic policy that sets forth guidelines and procedures to be followed by child daycare personnel to prevent a child from suffering from anaphylaxis and to be used during a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis.SEC. 2.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to anaphylaxis prevention training and education in child daycare facilities and educational institutions.