Bill Text: CT HB06288 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Allowing Access To Emergency Medicine For Children With Epilepsy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-13 - Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Education [HB06288 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06288-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6288
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 1847
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist.

AN ACT ALLOWING ACCESS TO EMERGENCY MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 10-212a be amended to allow a school nurse and a school medical advisor to jointly approve and provide general supervision to an identified school paraprofessional to administer antiepileptic medication to a student for prompt treatment of the student's epilepsy pursuant to a written order of a specific medical professional and the student's parent or guardian

Statement of Purpose:

To enable nonmedical professionals, with oversight and training by the appropriate medical professionals, to administer life-saving medication to children in certain settings and circumstances.