This bill allows students diagnosed with diabetes to carry and use their insulin and diabetes medications on school property and at school events without needing special permission from school officials, as long as their parents provide written authorization and release the school from liability. The change expands existing rules that previously only allowed students to self-administer asthma inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors to now include diabetes medications and related supplies.
The amendment significantly BROADENS the bill from authorizing only nasal glucagon possession to covering all diabetes medications and related equipment/supplies, while also expanding the underlying law to allow students with diabetes to self-administer and manage their medications alongside existing asthma and anaphylaxis provisions. This shift transforms the bill from addressing a single emergency treatment into a comprehensive diabetes management authorization for students on school grounds.
The amendment broadens the bill's scope to explicitly include diabetes medications alongside asthma and anaphylaxis medications, and clarifies that the physician's statement must be retained in the student's educational record rather than kept only in the school nurse's or principal's office. This change strengthens the bill by expanding which students can self-administer medications at school and improving record accessibility.
Signed by the Governor H.J. 534
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 480
Signed by the President S.J. 434
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 402
Senate Deferred to another day S.J. 373
Health and Human Services Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 20
Health and Human Services Do Pass Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 19
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 221
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 0. H.J. 248
House of Representatives Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 238
Health and Human Services Certified uncontested, placed on consent H.J. 6
Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 6
Health and Human Services Motion to amend H.J. 5
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 148
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Do Pass Amended
Health and Human Services — Do Pass
Do Pass Amended
Health and Human Services — Do Pass Amended