CO HB1358

Parents or legal guardians of K-12 students diagnosed with a seizure disorder must submit a signed seizure action plan to their school if the student may need seizure-related care assistance.

Seizure action plans must be submitted at the beginning of the school year, upon enrollment, as soon as practicable after diagnosis, or if the student's health status changes significantly during the school year.

Public schools are required to provide annual training on seizure recognition, symptoms, and first aid to school personnel with direct contact with or supervision of students with seizure disorders; private schools are encouraged to do so.

Within eight weeks of a student's enrollment or receipt of a signed seizure action plan, whichever is later, each public school must have at least one employee trained to administer or assist with seizure treatment medications, rescue medications, and manual vagus nerve stimulation.

Training programs must be consistent with guidelines developed by nationally or locally recognized seizure disorder research and advocacy groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or national associations of school nurses.