VA HB1156 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-5)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Public schools; administration of auto-injectable epinephrine. Provides that local school boards shall develop policies to maintain at least two auto-injectable epinephrine pens per school. The school nurse, or a trained and authorized school board employee if a nurse is unavailable, would be able to administer or provide auto-injectable epinephrine to a student with a prescription on file or a student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. Neither the school nurse nor the authorized and trained school board employee shall be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence when acting in good faith. The bill contains an emergency clause.

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Title

Public schools; administration of auto-injectable epinephrine.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2012-02-14 House: Left in Education
2012-02-02 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-01-24 House: Assigned Education sub: Students and Early Education
2012-01-16 House: Referred to Committee on Education
2012-01-16 House: Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 12103814D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221274(n/a)See Bill Text
221274.2(n/a)See Bill Text
5413303(n/a)See Bill Text
5413408(n/a)See Bill Text
801225(n/a)See Bill Text

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