Bill Text: HI HB2494 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 2494 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Blood Glucose Monitoring; Students; Diabetes

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-22 - Act 010, 04/21/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110). [HB2494 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB2494-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2494
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to blood glucose monitoring.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 302A-1164, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By amending its title and subsections (a) and (b) to read:

"§302A-1164 Self-administration of medication by student and emergency administration; self-testing and self-management of diabetes by student; assistance with diabetes testing; blood glucose monitoring by student; assistance with blood glucose monitoring; permitted. (a) The department shall permit:

(1) The self-administration of [~~medication~~]:

(A) Medication by a student for asthma, anaphylaxis, diabetes, or other potentially life‑threatening illnesses; and

(B) Blood glucose monitoring by a student; and

(2) Department employees and agents to volunteer to administer:

(A) Insulin or assist a student in administering insulin via the insulin delivery system that the student uses;

(B) Glucagon in an emergency situation to students with diabetes; [or]

(D) Blood glucose monitoring or assist a student with blood glucose monitoring.

(b) The student's parent or guardian shall provide the department with:

(1) Written authorization for the self-administration of medication or the emergency administration of glucagon or auto-injectable epinephrine;

(2) In the case of self‑administration of medication:

(A) Written certification from the student's physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant stating that the student with diabetes may perform the student's own blood glucose checks, administer insulin through the student's insulin delivery system, and otherwise attend to the care and management of the student's diabetes during any school-related activity, and that the student may possess on the student's person all necessary supplies and equipment to perform the diabetes monitoring and treatment activities, if applicable; and

(B) Written certification from the student's physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant stating that the student:

(i) Has asthma, anaphylaxis, or another potentially life-threatening illness; and

(ii) Is capable of, and has been instructed in, the proper method of self-administration of medication[;] or blood glucose monitoring; and

(3) In the case of administration of insulin or emergency administration of glucagon to a student with diabetes, blood glucose monitoring of a student, or auto-injectable epinephrine to a student with anaphylaxis, written certification from the student's physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant stating that the student has medical orders that insulin, glucagon, blood glucose monitoring, or auto-injectable epinephrine may be administered by a volunteer."

2. By amending subsection (g) to read:

"(g) Any employee or agent who volunteers to administer insulin or glucagon in an emergency situation to a student with diabetes or auto-injectable epinephrine to a student with anaphylaxis or who volunteers to administer or assist a student with blood glucose monitoring shall receive instruction in the proper administration of insulin, glucagon, [or] auto-injectable epinephrine, or blood glucose monitoring by a qualified health care professional. A "qualified health care professional" means a licensed physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or registered nurse, or certified diabetes educator. The student's parent or guardian shall supply the school with the glucagon kit required to administer the glucagon, any supplies necessary to administer insulin, blood glucose monitoring, or with auto-injectable epinephrine supplies to administer epinephrine. The school shall store the glucagon kit, insulin supplies, blood glucose monitoring supplies, or auto-injectable epinephrine supplies in a secure but accessible location."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Blood Glucose Monitoring; Students; Diabetes

Description:

Authorizes DOE employees to volunteer to administer or assist a student with blood glucose monitoring.

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