Bill Text: IL HB1373 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a medical review done as part of a special education evaluation may be performed by (1) a certified or licensed school nurse, (2) a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, or (3) a nurse who holds a bachelor's degree or higher and is licensed as a registered professional nurse or advanced practice nurse under the Nurse Practice Act, provided that only a certified or licensed school nurse may make recommendations regarding educational interventions, accommodations, or modifications based on the findings of a child's medical review. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1373 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1373-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 14-6.07 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/14-6.07 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 14-6.07. Medical reviews. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) In this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | "Certified or licensed school nurse" means a nurse who is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | certified under Section 21-25 of this Code, holding a school | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | service personnel certificate endorsed for school nursing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.245, or a nurse who holds a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Professional Educator License with a school support personnel | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | endorsement for school nursing under Section 21B-25 of this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Code and any related rules. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | "Medical review" means a comprehensive review of a child's | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | medical and health status to determine, as part of a special | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | education evaluation, whether a health condition is adversely | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | affecting the child's educational performance. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | (b) Beginning July 1, 2013, a medical review may be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | performed by any of the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | (1) A certified or licensed school nurse. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (2) A physician licensed to practice medicine in all of | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | its branches. | ||||||
| 2 | (3) A nurse who hold a bachelor's degree or higher and | ||||||
| 3 | a license issued under Article 60 or 65 of the Nurse | ||||||
| 4 | Practice Act.
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| 5 | However, only a certified or licensed school nurse may make | ||||||
| 6 | recommendations regarding educational interventions, | ||||||
| 7 | accommodations, or modifications based on the findings of a | ||||||
| 8 | child's medical review.
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 10 | becoming law.
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