HB202 Alabama 2018 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

April Weaver Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Schools, terminally ill minors, Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plans to be used in school setting, program established, Secs. 16-30B-1 to 16-30B-6, inclusive, added

Description

Under existing law, an adult or a health care proxy for an adult may execute an advance directive for health care or do not resuscitate order.

This bill would create the Alex Hoover Palliative and End of Life Care Act.

This bill would provide for Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plans to be created by school nurses in conjunction with the parents or guardians of a minor with a terminal illness.

This bill would provide immunity to individuals, physicians, and school employees who undertake to follow the directives of a Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plan.

This bill would require the State Board of Education, in consultation with a task force, to adopt rules for administering Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plans to be used in a school setting.

This bill would also establish a temporary task force under the supervision of the Department of Education to make recommendations for rules for administering Palliative and End of Life Individual Health Plans to be used in a school setting.

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Subjects

Students