Bill Text: WV SB456 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring county boards of education to develop seizure action plans
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-02 - To House Health and Human Resources [SB456 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-SB456-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2022 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 456
By Senator Beach
[Introduced January 20, 2022;
referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on
Education]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-5-22e, relating to defining seizure action plans; requiring county boards of education to develop a policy relating to seizure action plans; imposing minimum requirements for these policies; requiring the parents or guardians to collaborate with school personnel to implement seizure action plans; and mandating the state board to promulgate rules.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5. county board of education.
§18-5-22e. Policy for the creation and administration of seizure action plans.
(a) For the purposes of this section, “Seizure action plan” means a written, individualized health plan designed to acknowledge and prepare for the health care needs of a student diagnosed with a seizure disorder that is prepared by the student’s treating physician.
(b) All county boards of education shall develop a policy which establishes the procedure to be followed for implementing seizure action plans for students at each school. These policies shall, at a minimum, include the following:
(A) Each school shall have at least one employee who has met the requirements established in this section to administer or assist with the self-administration of a seizure rescue administration or medication prescribed to treat seizure disorder symptoms as approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency;
(B) Training requirements for all school personnel who are responsible for the administration of any seizure medications including recognition of the signs and symptoms of seizure and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to these symptoms;
(C) A requirement that any school personnel or volunteers responsible for the supervision or care of a student diagnosed with a seizure disorder shall be given notice of the seizure action plan, the identity of the school employee or employees trained at the school in accordance with paragraph (A) of this subdivision, and a method by which the trained school employee may be contacted in an emergency; and
(D) An annual requirement of at least one hour of self-study review of seizure disorder materials by all principals, guidance counselors, and teachers.
(c) The parent or guardian of each student diagnosed with a seizure disorder shall collaborate with school personnel to implement the seizure action plan.
(d) The state board shall promulgate rules necessary to effectuate the provision of this section in accordance with the provision of §29A-3B-1 et seq. of this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education to develop a policy relating to seizure action plans.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
