Providing for training and other procedures relating to student seizures for public and accredited nonpublic schools

The bill defines “seizure medication” as medication approved by the United States food and drug administration or any successor agency and prescribed to a student by a licensed health care professional to treat seizure disorder symptoms, including medication to be administered on an emergency basis. The bill requires the parent or guardian of a student prescribed seizure medication to take actions specified in the bill to enable a school employee to administer seizure medication to or assist with the self-administration of seizure medication by the student. The parent or guardian must provide the school district or school each school year with a written authorization to administer the medication at an attendance center or other school function. The parent or guardian must provide the school district or school each school year with a written statement from a licensed health care professional that contains specified information about the student’s seizure medication. The parent or guardian must provide the seizure medication to the school district or school in its unopened, sealed package with the label affixed by the dispensing pharmacy intact and replace the seizure medication upon depletion or expiration. The parent or guardian must collaborate with school district or school personnel to create a seizure action plan for the student. The bill defines “seizure action plan” as a written, individualized health plan designed to acknowledge and prepare for the health care needs of a student diagnosed with a seizure disorder. The school district or school is required to distribute the seizure action plan to any school personnel or volunteers responsible for the supervision or care of the student. The bill requires every school district and accredited nonpublic school to provide an age-appropriate seizure education program to all students on seizures and seizure disorders. The program shall be consistent with guidelines published by the epilepsy foundation of America or any successor organization. The bill requires school boards and authorities in charge of accredited nonpublic schools to require a minimum of one hour of self-study review of training materials on recognition of and appropriate response to seizure disorders by each principal, guidance counselor, and teacher each school year. The bill requires the department of education, in consultation with the board of medicine, the board of nursing, and the board of physician assistants, to adopt rules to administer the bill.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.