SB854,,112023 SENATE BILL 854
December 26, 2023 - Introduced by Senators James, L. Johnson, Larson and Taylor, cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Baldeh, Behnke, Gundrum, Murphy, O’Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Rozar, Sinicki, Spiros, Stubbs, Subeck, Tittl and VanderMeer. Referred to Committee on Education.
SB854,,22An Act to amend 450.11 (1); and to create 118.2915 and 448.03 (2) (qm) of the statutes; relating to: the supply and use of short-acting bronchodilators on school premises or at a school-sponsored event.
SB854,,33Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows the governing body of a public, private, or tribal school to adopt a plan for the management of pupils who have asthma. The plan must be approved by a physician, an advanced practice nurse prescriber, or a physician assistant. Under the bill, physicians, advanced practice nurse prescribers, and physician assistants may provide prescriptions and standing orders for short-acting bronchodilators or components to schools that adopt a plan. The governing body of a school that adopts a plan and has a valid prescription or standing order may accept donated short-acting bronchodilators or components if they are unopened and unexpired and meet certain other requirements.
The governing body of a school that adopts a plan may authorize a school nurse, or designated school personnel who have received training specified in the school’s plan, to do any of the following on school premises or at a school-sponsored activity:
1. Provide a short-acting bronchodilator to a pupil to self-administer in accordance with a prescription specific to the pupil that is on file.
2. Administer a short-acting bronchodilator to a pupil in accordance with a prescription specific to the pupil that is on file.
3. Administer a short-acting bronchodilator to a pupil or other person who the school nurse or designated personnel believes is experiencing respiratory distress, regardless of whether the pupil or other person has a prescription for a short-acting bronchodilator.