HB 385 Summary

• Establishes the Seizure Safe Schools Act, effective with the 2021-2022 school year, allowing parents or guardians of students with seizure disorders to submit seizure management and treatment plans to local boards of education for inclusion in students' individual health plans.

• Seizure management and treatment plans must include health care services, prescribed medications with dosage and administration details, evaluation of student's ability to manage seizures, parent/guardian signature, and physician contact information.

• Permits local boards of education to authorize unlicensed school employees (trained medication assistants) to administer seizure disorder medications with parental consent, without requiring health care professional licensure.

• Requires the State Department of Education to develop training guidelines for school nurses and unlicensed medication assistants on seizure recognition, management, and first aid, developed in consultation with the American Academy of Pediatrics and Epilepsy Foundation.

• Provides civil and criminal immunity to school employees acting in good faith under this chapter and protects physicians from liability for school employees' implementation of seizure management plans; prohibits schools from requiring or penalizing employees who refuse to serve as medication assistants.