Bill Text: IA HF575 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for training and other procedures relating to student seizures for public and accredited nonpublic schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Subcommittee Meeting: 03/06/2019 9:30AM House Lounge. [HF575 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF575-Introduced.html
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BY
SORENSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
training
and
other
procedures
relating
1
to
student
seizures
for
public
and
accredited
nonpublic
2
schools.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.16B
Student
seizure
training
1
and
response
——
administration
of
medication.
2
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
3
a.
“Licensed
health
care
professional”
means
the
same
as
4
provided
in
section
280.16.
5
b.
“Seizure
action
plan”
means
a
written,
individualized
6
health
plan
designed
to
acknowledge
and
prepare
for
the
health
7
care
needs
of
a
student
diagnosed
with
a
seizure
disorder.
8
c.
“Seizure
medication”
means
medication
approved
by
the
9
United
States
food
and
drug
administration
or
any
successor
10
agency
and
prescribed
to
a
student
by
a
licensed
health
care
11
professional
to
treat
seizure
disorder
symptoms,
including
12
medication
to
be
administered
on
an
emergency
basis.
13
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
14
authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
15
have
at
least
one
employee
at
each
attendance
center
who
has
16
received
instruction
on
administering
or
assisting
with
the
17
self-administration
of
seizure
medication.
18
3.
Instruction
pursuant
to
subsection
2
shall
include
19
instruction
on
administering
seizure
medication
and
recognizing
20
the
signs
and
symptoms
of
seizures
and
the
appropriate
steps
21
to
be
taken
to
respond
to
such
signs
and
symptoms.
Such
22
instruction
shall
be
fully
consistent
with
training
programs
23
developed
by
the
epilepsy
foundation
of
America
or
any
24
successor
organization.
25
4.
The
parent
or
guardian
of
a
student
prescribed
seizure
26
medication
shall
do
all
of
the
following
to
enable
a
school
27
employee
to
administer
seizure
medication
to
or
assist
with
the
28
self-administration
of
seizure
medication
by
the
student:
29
a.
Provides
the
school
district
or
school
each
school
30
year
with
a
written
authorization
in
a
form
prescribed
by
the
31
school
district
or
school
to
administer
the
medication
at
an
32
attendance
center
or
other
school
function.
33
b.
Provides
the
school
district
or
school
each
school
34
year
with
a
written
statement
from
a
licensed
health
care
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professional
that
contains
all
of
the
following
information:
1
(1)
The
student’s
name.
2
(2)
The
name
and
purpose
of
the
medication.
3
(3)
The
prescribed
dosage
of
the
medication.
4
(4)
The
route
of
administration
of
the
medication.
5
(5)
The
frequency
that
the
medication
may
be
administered.
6
(6)
The
circumstances
under
which
the
medication
may
be
7
administered.
8
c.
Provides
the
seizure
medication
to
the
school
district
or
9
school
in
its
unopened,
sealed
package
with
the
label
affixed
10
by
the
dispensing
pharmacy
intact
and
replaces
the
seizure
11
medication
upon
depletion
or
expiration.
12
d.
Collaborates
with
school
district
or
school
personnel
to
13
create
a
seizure
action
plan
for
the
student.
14
5.
The
school
district
or
school
shall
keep
the
written
15
statements
and
seizure
action
plan
pursuant
to
subsection
16
4,
paragraphs
“a”
and
“b”
,
on
file.
The
school
district
or
17
school
shall
distribute
the
seizure
action
plan
to
any
school
18
personnel
or
volunteers
responsible
for
the
supervision
or
care
19
of
the
student.
20
6.
Every
school
district
or
school
shall
provide
an
21
age-appropriate
seizure
education
program
to
all
students
22
on
seizures
and
seizure
disorders.
The
program
shall
be
23
consistent
with
guidelines
published
by
the
epilepsy
foundation
24
of
America
or
any
successor
organization.
25
7.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
26
authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
27
require
a
minimum
of
one
hour
of
self-study
review
of
training
28
materials
on
recognition
of
and
appropriate
response
to
seizure
29
disorders
by
each
principal,
guidance
counselor,
and
teacher
30
each
school
year.
31
8.
The
department
of
education,
in
consultation
with
the
32
board
of
medicine,
the
board
of
nursing,
and
the
board
of
33
physician
assistants,
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
34
17A
to
administer
this
section,
including
but
not
limited
to
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rules
establishing
standards
for
the
development
and
content
of
1
seizure
action
plans,
content
for
instruction
required
pursuant
2
to
subsection
2,
and
content
for
self-study
review
pursuant
to
3
subsection
7.
4
Sec.
2.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
5
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
6
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
7
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
8
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
9
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
10
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
11
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
12
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
13
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
14
districts.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
requires
school
boards
and
authorities
in
charge
19
of
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
have
at
least
one
employee
20
at
each
attendance
center
who
has
received
instruction
on
21
administering
or
assisting
with
the
self-administration
of
22
seizure
medication.
23
Such
instruction
shall
include
instruction
on
administering
24
seizure
medication
and
recognizing
the
signs
and
symptoms
of
25
seizures
and
the
appropriate
steps
to
be
taken
to
respond
to
26
such
signs
and
symptoms
and
shall
be
fully
consistent
with
27
training
programs
developed
by
the
epilepsy
foundation
of
28
America
or
any
successor
organization.
29
The
bill
defines
“seizure
medication”
as
medication
approved
30
by
the
United
States
food
and
drug
administration
or
any
31
successor
agency
and
prescribed
to
a
student
by
a
licensed
32
health
care
professional
to
treat
seizure
disorder
symptoms,
33
including
medication
to
be
administered
on
an
emergency
basis.
34
The
bill
requires
the
parent
or
guardian
of
a
student
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prescribed
seizure
medication
to
take
actions
specified
in
1
the
bill
to
enable
a
school
employee
to
administer
seizure
2
medication
to
or
assist
with
the
self-administration
of
seizure
3
medication
by
the
student.
4
The
parent
or
guardian
must
provide
the
school
district
5
or
school
each
school
year
with
a
written
authorization
to
6
administer
the
medication
at
an
attendance
center
or
other
7
school
function.
The
parent
or
guardian
must
provide
the
8
school
district
or
school
each
school
year
with
a
written
9
statement
from
a
licensed
health
care
professional
that
10
contains
specified
information
about
the
student’s
seizure
11
medication.
The
parent
or
guardian
must
provide
the
seizure
12
medication
to
the
school
district
or
school
in
its
unopened,
13
sealed
package
with
the
label
affixed
by
the
dispensing
14
pharmacy
intact
and
replace
the
seizure
medication
upon
15
depletion
or
expiration.
The
parent
or
guardian
must
16
collaborate
with
school
district
or
school
personnel
to
create
17
a
seizure
action
plan
for
the
student.
The
bill
defines
18
“seizure
action
plan”
as
a
written,
individualized
health
plan
19
designed
to
acknowledge
and
prepare
for
the
health
care
needs
20
of
a
student
diagnosed
with
a
seizure
disorder.
The
school
21
district
or
school
is
required
to
distribute
the
seizure
action
22
plan
to
any
school
personnel
or
volunteers
responsible
for
the
23
supervision
or
care
of
the
student.
24
The
bill
requires
every
school
district
and
accredited
25
nonpublic
school
to
provide
an
age-appropriate
seizure
26
education
program
to
all
students
on
seizures
and
seizure
27
disorders.
The
program
shall
be
consistent
with
guidelines
28
published
by
the
epilepsy
foundation
of
America
or
any
29
successor
organization.
30
The
bill
requires
school
boards
and
authorities
in
charge
31
of
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
require
a
minimum
of
one
32
hour
of
self-study
review
of
training
materials
on
recognition
33
of
and
appropriate
response
to
seizure
disorders
by
each
34
principal,
guidance
counselor,
and
teacher
each
school
year.
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The
bill
requires
the
department
of
education,
in
1
consultation
with
the
board
of
medicine,
the
board
of
nursing,
2
and
the
board
of
physician
assistants,
to
adopt
rules
to
3
administer
the
bill.
4
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
5
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
6
any
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
7
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
8
school
district
under
Code
section
257.16.
The
specification
9
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
10
funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
The
11
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
12
requirement
of
political
subdivisions
to
comply
with
any
state
13
mandates
included
in
the
bill.
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