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WV SB92

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Patricia Rucker

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the Glucagon for Schools Act, allowing licensed health care providers to prescribe undesignated glucagon to school districts or individual schools to maintain as emergency supplies for students with diabetes experiencing severe hypoglycemic reactions

  • Permits trained school personnel to administer undesignated glucagon when a student's prescribed glucagon is unavailable or expired, with use authorized on school property, buses, playgrounds, and during field trips

  • Provides liability protection for prescribing health professionals, pharmacists, school personnel, school districts, school boards, and administrators when glucagon is administered in good faith, unless there was conscious disregard for safety

  • Requires schools to call 911, notify the school nurse, contact the student's parent/guardian, and inform the student's health care provider as soon as practicable after administering undesignated glucagon

  • Authorizes training for school personnel on diabetes care basics, emergency response, blood glucose monitoring, recognizing hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia symptoms, and requires an information sheet be provided to employees transporting students with diabetes for school activities

Legislative Description

Glucagon for Schools Act

Education (K12)

Last Action

Markup Discussion

4/2/2025

Committee Referrals

Education2/27/2025
Health and Human Resources2/12/2025

Full Bill Text

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