Bill Text: IL SB3507 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Common School Fund Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Tax Equivalent Grants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3507 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB3507-Engrossed.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, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
5 | 22-33 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/22-33 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 22-33. Self-administration of pancreatic enzyme | ||||||
8 | replacement therapy. | ||||||
9 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
10 | "Emergency care plan" means a student-specific action plan | ||||||
11 | developed by a school district, public school, or nonpublic | ||||||
12 | school to facilitate quick and appropriate responses to an | ||||||
13 | emergency in a school setting. | ||||||
14 | "Individualized health care plan" means a written plan of | ||||||
15 | care developed by a school district, public school, or | ||||||
16 | nonpublic school that outlines the provisions of a student's | ||||||
17 | health care services and that is intended to achieve specific | ||||||
18 | student outcomes. | ||||||
19 | "Pancreatic insufficiency" means a disorder of the | ||||||
20 | digestive system. "Pancreatic insufficiency" may include the | ||||||
21 | diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, a chronic disease that affects an | ||||||
22 | individual's lungs and digestive system. | ||||||
23 | (b) A school district, public school, or nonpublic school |
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1 | must permit a student diagnosed with a pancreatic insufficiency | ||||||
2 | to self-administer and self-manage his or her pancreatic enzyme | ||||||
3 | replacement therapy if the parent or guardian of the student | ||||||
4 | provides the school with written authorization for the | ||||||
5 | student's self-administration and self-management of the | ||||||
6 | therapy and written authorization for the therapy from the | ||||||
7 | student's physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice | ||||||
8 | registered nurse. Information received by a school district or | ||||||
9 | school under this subsection (b) shall be kept on file in the | ||||||
10 | office of the school nurse or, in the absence of a school | ||||||
11 | nurse, the school's administrator. | ||||||
12 | (c) Each school district, public school, or nonpublic | ||||||
13 | school shall adopt an emergency care plan that may be part of a | ||||||
14 | student's individualized health care plan developed under | ||||||
15 | subsection (d) of this Section and that includes all of the | ||||||
16 | following: | ||||||
17 | (1) A plan of action in the event a student is unable | ||||||
18 | to self-administer or self-manage his or her pancreatic | ||||||
19 | enzyme replacement therapy. | ||||||
20 | (2) The situations in which a school must call 911. | ||||||
21 | (d) Each school district, public school, or nonpublic | ||||||
22 | school shall develop an individualized health care plan for a | ||||||
23 | student subject to this Section. The school district or school | ||||||
24 | must develop the plan in collaboration with the student's | ||||||
25 | physician, parent or guardian, and other school personnel to | ||||||
26 | determine how to manage the student's pancreatic insufficiency |
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1 | while in school, participating in a school-sponsored activity, | ||||||
2 | or in transit to or from school or a school-sponsored activity. | ||||||
3 | The plan must be student-specific and must include all of the | ||||||
4 | following: | ||||||
5 | (1) The student's health status, risks, concerns, and | ||||||
6 | strengths. | ||||||
7 | (2) Any diagnoses from the student's physician or a | ||||||
8 | school nurse. | ||||||
9 | (3) Any interventions performed on the student by | ||||||
10 | school personnel. | ||||||
11 | (4) Training for school personnel. | ||||||
12 | (5) A list of goals that meet the health care needs of | ||||||
13 | the student and protect the safety of all students from the | ||||||
14 | misuse or abuse of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy | ||||||
15 | medication. | ||||||
16 | (e) Any disclosure of information under this Section shall | ||||||
17 | not constitute a violation of the federal Health Insurance | ||||||
18 | Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 or any regulations | ||||||
19 | promulgated under that Act. | ||||||
20 | (f) Any records created under this Section must be | ||||||
21 | maintained in a confidential manner consistent with the federal | ||||||
22 | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
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