HB385 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Thomas JacksonRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Public K-12 schools, Seizure Safe Schools Act, Secs. 16-30C-1 to 16-30C-6, inclusive, added.

Summary

HB385 would create a Seizure Safe Schools Act that lets parents ensure a seizure management plan is in the student’s health plan and allows trained, unlicensed staff to help administer seizure medications at school.

What This Bill Does

It requires a seizure management and treatment plan to be included in the student’s individual health plan and reviewed at the start of the school year, at enrollment, and after a new diagnosis. With parental consent, a trained unlicensed medication assistant may administer seizure medications listed in the plan. It also requires state guidelines and school training for nurses and unlicensed staff, provides liability protections for school staff, and sets rulemaking and effective date deadlines.

Who It Affects

• Students with seizure disorders and their families/guardians, who would have seizure management plans and access to at-school care and medications as listed in the plan.
• Public schools, school staff (including school nurses and unlicensed medication assistants), and local boards of education, who would develop, review, train for, and oversee seizure management plans and administration of prescribed medications, with liability protections.

Key Provisions

• Creates the Seizure Safe Schools Act (new Chapter 30C) to manage care for students with seizure disorders in public K-12 schools.
• Requires a seizure management and treatment plan to be included in the student’s individual health plan, reviewed before/during the school year, at enrollment, and after diagnosis.
• Allows, with parent consent, an unlicensed medication assistant (trained school employee) to administer seizure medications listed in the plan.
• Requires DOE to develop training guidelines for school nurses and unlicensed staff, with input from medical organizations; training can be online or in-person and provided free by approved nonprofit organizations.
• Provides immunity and liability protections for school staff and clarifies physician liability related to implementing seizure plans.
• Requires rules to implement the act by March 1, 2021 and establishes the act’s effective date.

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Subjects

Schools