Bill Text: IA HF2330 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 2330 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the development and implementation of guidelines for schools for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 258. [HF2330 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2330-Introduced.html


House File 2330 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  MASCHER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the development and implementation of
  2    guidelines for schools for the management of students with
  3    life=threatening food allergies.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.9, Code 2018, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  60.  No later than July 1, 2019, in
  1  4 consultation with the department of public health, develop and
  1  5 make available to all schools guidelines for the management of
  1  6 students with life=threatening food allergies. The guidelines
  1  7 shall include but not be limited to all of the following:
  1  8    a.  Education and training for school personnel on the
  1  9 management of students with life=threatening food allergies,
  1 10 including training relating to the administration of an
  1 11 epinephrine auto=injector.
  1 12    b.  Procedures for responding to life=threatening allergic
  1 13 reactions.
  1 14    c.  A process for the development of individualized health
  1 15 care and allergy action plans for every student with a known
  1 16 life=threatening food allergy.
  1 17    d.  Protocols to prevent exposure to life=threatening
  1 18 allergens.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 21 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 22    This bill requires the department of education, in
  1 23 consultation with the department of public health, to develop
  1 24 and make available to all schools guidelines for the management
  1 25 of students with life=threatening food allergies no later than
  1 26 July 1, 2019.
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