Bill Text: CA SB283 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pupil health: individualized asthma action plan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-09-01 - September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB283 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB283-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 283
| Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh |
February 01, 2023 |
An act to add Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 49469) to Chapter 9 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupil health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 283, as amended, Ochoa Bogh.
Pupil health: individualized asthma management. action plan.
Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils.
This bill would would, commencing with the 2024–25 school year, require school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools, on or before the start of the 2024–25 school year, to adopt a comprehensive asthma management plan, as specified. The bill would authorize local educational agencies to meet this requirement if the local educational agency has previously adopted an asthma management plan, as provided.
schools to, upon receiving notice from a parent or guardian that a pupil has asthma, create an individualized asthma action plan for that pupil. The bill would encourage local educational agencies to provide professional development for school staff that includes, among other things, information about symptoms and common triggers of asthma. By imposing new duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
This act shall be known, and may be cited, as Adilene’s Law.SECTION 1.SEC. 2.
Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 49469) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education
Code, to read:Article 4.7. Asthma Management
This article shall be known, and may be cited, as Adilene’s Law.
49469.1. 49469.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases among children in the United States, a leading cause of pediatric hospitalization, and is the top reason for missed school days, which accounts for more than 5,200,000 absences annually.
(b) California has made strides to provide care to pupils with asthma by
creating various initiatives, such as California Breathing within the State Department of Public Health, to improve the respiratory health of Californians and reduce asthma-related health disparities through educational and environmental interventions where Californians live, work, learn, and play.
(c) Similar models of California Breathing’s guidance are found in the California School Boards Association’s administrative regulations, AR 5141.23, to help schools adopt administrative policies and asthma management plans, aligned with the State Department of Public Health guidance, to help identify and care for pupils with asthma.
49469.2. 49469.1
(a) (1) (A)Identifying pupils with asthma.
(B)Creating individualized asthma plans for those pupils with asthma.
(C)Providing professional development for school staff that includes, but is not limited to, information about symptoms, common triggers of asthma, ways to reduce acute symptoms, and emergency response procedures.
(2)Local educational agencies may meet the requirement in paragraph (1) if they have previously adopted an asthma management plan that includes the provisions described in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1).
(2) Local educational agencies are encouraged to provide professional development for school staff that includes, but is not limited to, information about symptoms, common triggers of asthma, ways to
reduce acute symptoms, and emergency response procedures.
(b) For purposes of this article, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
