Bill Text: CA SB997 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Pupil health: opioid antagonists and fentanyl test strips.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 872, Statutes of 2024. [SB997 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB997-Chaptered.html

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Senate Bill No. 997

CHAPTER 872

An act to add Section 49414.6 to the Education Code, relating to pupil health.

[ Approved by Governor  September 28, 2024. Filed with Secretary of State  September 28, 2024. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 997, Portantino. Pupil health: opioid antagonists and fentanyl test strips.

Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils. Existing law authorizes a school district, county office of education, and charter school to provide emergency naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to school nurses or trained personnel who have volunteered, and authorizes school nurses or trained personnel to use naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to provide emergency medical aid to persons suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose, as provided.

This bill would prohibit school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools from prohibiting pupils in middle schools, junior high schools, high schools, or adult schools, while on a schoolsite or participating in school activities, from carrying fentanyl test strips or a federally approved opioid antagonist, as provided, for the emergency treatment of persons suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 49414.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:

49414.6.

 (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, local educational agencies shall not prohibit pupils in middle schools, junior high schools, high schools, or adult schools, while on a schoolsite or participating in school activities, from carrying fentanyl test strips or a federally approved opioid antagonist for over-the-counter use for the emergency treatment of persons suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose.

(b) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.