Bill Text: GA HB227 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Student health; school personnel administer auto-injectable epinephrine; authorize
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-01 - Effective Date [HB227 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB227-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Student health; school personnel administer auto-injectable epinephrine; authorize
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-01 - Effective Date [HB227 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB227-Comm_Sub.html
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The
House Committee on Health and Human Services offers the following substitute to
HB 227:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary
education, so as to revise a law authorizing a student to carry and
self-administer auto-injectable epinephrine; to provide for local board of
education policies authorizing school personnel to administer auto-injectable
epinephrine to students who are having an anaphylactic adverse reaction; to
provide for a definition; to provide for information; to provide for immunity;
to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to student health in elementary and secondary education, is
amended in Code Section 20-2-776, relating to auto-injectable epinephrine
carried by a student, by adding a new subsection to read as
follows:
"(g)
Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to prohibit a school from
receiving and storing prescription auto-injectable epinephrine onsite on behalf
of a student who is not able to self-administer the medication because of age or
any other reason if the parent or guardian provides:
(1)
A written statement from a physician licensed under Chapter 34 of Title 43
detailing the name of the medication, method, amount, and time schedules by
which the medication is to be taken; and
(2)
A written statement by the parent or guardian providing a release for the school
nurse or other designated school personnel to consult with the physician
regarding any questions that may arise with regard to the medication, and
releasing the school system and its employees and agents from civil
liability.
The
written statements specified in this subsection shall be provided at least
annually and more frequently if the medication, dosage, frequency of
administration, or reason for administration
changes."
SECTION
2.
Said
part is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as
follows:
"20-2-776.1.
(a)
As used in this Code section, the term 'auto-injectable epinephrine' means a
disposable drug delivery device that is easily transportable and contains a
premeasured single dose of epinephrine used to treat life-threatening allergic
reactions.
(b)
Each local board of education shall adopt a policy authorizing school personnel
to administer auto-injectable epinephrine, if available, to a student upon the
occurrence of an actual or perceived anaphylactic adverse reaction by the
student, whether or not such student has a prescription for
epinephrine.
(c)
Each local board of education shall provide information to school personnel on
how to recognize the symptoms of anaphylactic shock and the correct method of
administering the auto-injectable epinephrine.
(d)
Any school personnel who in good faith administers or chooses not to administer
epinephrine to a student pursuant to this Code section shall be immune from
civil liability for any act or omission to act related to the administration of
epinephrine, except that such immunity shall not apply to an act of willful or
wanton misconduct."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.