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Relating to the administration of medical cannabidiol by primary caregivers to students at public and nonpublic schools
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill allows the board of directors of each nonpublic school district or the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school to adopt a policy permitting a primary caregiver of a student attending a school to administer medical cannabidiol to the student on school premises.2 and “school premises” to mean any location where the student is in school, at school-sponsored activities, under the supervision of school personnel, and at before-school or after-school normal school activities. A school that adopts such a policy must obtain copies of the primary caregiver’s and student’s medical cannabidiol registration cards from the primary caregiver and the student and must keep such copies on file and confidential, must require the primary caregiver to sign in at the school, must require the medical cannabidiol to be administered in a nondisruptive manner, and must require the primary caregiver to remove any remaining medical cannabidiol from school premises after administration.
Read the full explanation
The bill allows the board of directors of each public school district or the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school to rescind a medical cannabidiol policy for any reason, including that the school district or nonpublic school is at risk of losing or has already lost federal funding. The bill protects schools from liability arising from the administration of medical cannabidiol except in cases of gross negligence. The bill does not require school employees to administer medical cannabidiol.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 22, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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