Bill Text: VA HB1504 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: School-connected overdose policies; guidelines, parental notification and response.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2024-05-17 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor [HB1504 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB1504-Enrolled.html

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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-272.1:1, relating to Board of Education; guidelines on school-connected overdose policies; response and parental notification. [H 1504] Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-272.1:1 as follows:

§22.1-272.1:1. Guidelines on school-connected overdose policies; response and parental notification.

The Board shall establish guidelines for school-connected overdose response and parental notification policies to aid local school boards in the implementation of such policies. The guidelines shall include (i) a model action plan for each school board to follow in responding to any school-connected overdose, including communicating and coordinating with (a) the Department and (b) the applicable law-enforcement liaison or the local law-enforcement agency that, pursuant to §22.1-280.2:3, employs such school division's school resources officers, and (ii) criteria for issuing parental notification to ensure sensitivity to the privacy interests of affected individuals and compliance with any applicable law, rules, or regulations relating to the disclosure and protection of a minor's personal, confidential, or otherwise sensitive information.