Bill Text: IA HSB651 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to health examinations, surveys, and screenings conducted by school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.(See HF 2393.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-08 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2393. [HSB651 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB651-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
651
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
WHEELER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
health
examinations,
surveys,
and
screenings
1
conducted
by
school
districts,
charter
schools,
and
2
innovation
zone
schools.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.76,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
c.
This
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
a
hearing
,
dental,
or
3
vision
examination.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
relates
to
health
examinations,
surveys,
and
8
screenings
conducted
by
school
districts,
charter
schools,
and
9
innovation
zone
schools.
10
Current
law
prohibits
school
districts,
charter
schools,
and
11
innovation
zone
schools
from
conducting
an
invasive
physical
12
examination
of
a
student,
a
student
health
screening
that
is
13
not
required
by
state
or
federal
law,
or
a
formal
examination
14
or
survey
of
a
student
that
is
designed
to
assess
the
student’s
15
mental,
emotional,
or
physical
health
that
is
not
required
16
by
state
or
federal
law,
without
first
acquiring
the
written
17
consent
of
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian.
Current
law
18
also
requires
that
school
districts,
charter
schools,
and
19
innovation
zone
schools
give
written
notice
to
a
student’s
20
parent
or
guardian
of
an
examination
or
survey
of
the
student
21
required
by
state
or
federal
law
that
is
designed
to
assess
22
the
student’s
mental,
emotional,
or
physical
health
not
less
23
than
seven
days
prior
to
the
examination
or
survey.
However,
24
these
prohibitions
and
requirements
do
not
apply
to
hearing
25
and
vision
examinations.
The
bill
provides
that
dental
26
examinations
are
also
exempted
from
these
prohibitions
and
27
requirements.
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