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ND HB1423
Bill
Status
1/19/2015
Primary Sponsor
Alisa Mitskog
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AI Summary
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Allows students diagnosed with asthma or anaphylaxis to possess and self-administer emergency medication at school if parent files a health care provider-signed document indicating instruction in self-administration, listing medications and dosages, and including treatment guidelines.
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Defines "emergency medication" to include inhalation drugs for asthma and epinephrine autoinjectable pens.
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Requires school districts to ensure at least one trained adult with access to an epinephrine autoinjectable pen and written commitment to assist is present during all regular school hours and school-sponsored events for students diagnosed with anaphylaxis.
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Provides liability protection for private schools, school districts, and their employees for civil damages resulting from students self-administering emergency medication or possessing such medication on school grounds.
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Provides liability protection for school districts and their employees for civil damages resulting from assisting a student unable to self-administer an epinephrine autoinjectable pen.
Legislative Description
Epinephrine autoinjectable pens.
Last Action
Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 17 nays 75
2/4/2015