Alaska 2023-2024 Regular Session

Alaska House Bill HB202 Compare Versions

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14		-	~~AN ACT~~
	10	+	SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 202(FIN)
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16		-	Relating to the availability and administration of opioid overdose drugs in public schools;
17		-	relating to correspondence study programs; and relating to allotments for correspondence
18		-	study programs; and relating to an annual report relating to Substance Abuse and Mental
19		-	Health Services Administration grants and opioid overdose drug distribution; and providing
20		-	for an effective date.
	12	+	IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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	14	+	THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
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	16	+	BY THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
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	18	+	Offered: 5/13/24
	19	+	Referred: Rules
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26		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
	21	+	Sponsor(s): REPRESENTATIVES DELENA JOHNSON, Mina, Galvin, Craig Johnson, Story, Tomaszewski,
	22	+	McCormick, Ruffridge, Foster, Sumner, Hannan, Himschoot, Wright, Schrage, Josephson, Baker, Allard,
	23	+	Gray, Mears, McCabe, Vance
	24	+	A BILL
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	26	+	FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
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	28	+	"An Act relating to the availability and administration of opioid overdose drugs in 1
	29	+	public schools." 2
	30	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
	31	+	* Section 1. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read: 4
	32	+	Sec. 14.30.145. Opioid overdose drugs. (a) Each school district shall ensure 5
	33	+	that 6
	34	+	(1) a person trained to administer an opioid overdose drug is on site 7
	35	+	(A) when the main school building of each school in the school 8
	36	+	district is open to students or staff, including periods when the school building 9
	37	+	is open before and after school hours and during weekend activities; and 10
	38	+	(B) during each school-sponsored event conducted on school 11
	39	+	grounds; 12
	40	+	(2) the main school building of each school in the school district has at 13
	41	+	least two doses of an opioid overdose drug available on site; and 14 33-LS0705\R
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53		-	AN ACT
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56		-	Relating to the availability and administration of opioid overdose drugs in public schools; 1
57		-	relating to correspondence study programs; and relating to allotments for correspondence 2
58		-	study programs; and relating to an annual report relating to Substance Abuse and Mental 3
59		-	Health Services Administration grants and opioid overdose drug distribution; and providing 4
60		-	for an effective date. 5
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62		-	* Section 1. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read: 7
63		-	Sec. 14.30.145. Opioid overdose drugs. (a) Each school district shall ensure 8
64		-	that 9
65		-	(1) a person trained to administer an opioid overdose drug is on site 10
66		-	(A) when the main school building of each school in the school 11
67		-	district is open to students or staff, including periods when the school building 12
68		-	is open before and after school hours and during weekend activities; and 13
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70		-	(B) during each school-sponsored event conducted on school 1
71		-	grounds; 2
72		-	(2) the main school building of each school in the school district has at 3
73		-	least two doses of an opioid overdose drug available on site; and 4
74		-	(3) at least one dose of an opioid overdose drug is available during a 5
75		-	school-sponsored event conducted on school grounds. 6
76		-	(b) The Department of Health shall provide each school district with the 7
77		-	opioid overdose drug required under this section. The commissioner of health shall 8
78		-	develop and provide to each school district a short training video about how and when 9
79		-	to administer an opioid overdose drug. 10
80		-	(c) A school district, school, or individual is not liable for civil damages for an 11
81		-	injury to another individual resulting from a failure to possess or maintain an opioid 12
82		-	overdose drug under this section. 13
83		-	(d) In this section, 14
84		-	(1) "main school building" means the building on school grounds 15
85		-	where most of the students of the school are educated during regular school hours and 16
86		-	the principal, nurse, and other administrative staff of the school are located; 17
87		-	(2) "opioid overdose drug" has the meaning given in AS 17.20.085(e); 18
88		-	(3) "school district" means a borough school district, a city school 19
89		-	district, a regional educational attendance area, and a state boarding school; 20
90		-	(4) "school grounds" means a building, structure, athletic playing field, 21
91		-	playground, parking area, or land contained within the real property boundary line of a 22
92		-	school in a school district. 23
93		-	* Sec. 2. AS 17.20.085(e) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 24
94		-	(5) "school district" has the meaning given in AS 14.30.145(d). 25
95		-	* Sec. 3. AS 17.20.085 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 26
96		-	(f) Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a school district, 27
97		-	if acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) or (c) of this section, may receive 28
98		-	a supply of opioid overdose drugs from the department and may possess opioid 29
99		-	overdose drugs for the purposes of AS 14.30.145. 30
100		-	(g) Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a person, if 31
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102		-	acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) or (c) of this section, may 1
103		-	administer an opioid overdose drug under AS 14.30.145 to a person at risk of 2
104		-	experiencing an opioid overdose. 3
105		-	* Sec. 4. AS 17.20.085(d) is repealed. 4
106		-	* Sec. 5. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 5
107		-	read: 6
108		-	INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLANS; STUDENT ALLOTMENTS. (a) 7
109		-	Notwithstanding AS 14.03.300 or 14.03.310, the department or a district that provides a 8
110		-	homeschool or correspondence study program shall annually provide an individual learning 9
111		-	plan for each student enrolled in the program developed in collaboration with the student, the 10
112		-	parent or guardian of the student, a certificated teacher assigned to the student, and other 11
113		-	individuals involved in the student's learning plan. 12
114		-	(b) The board shall adopt regulations establishing standards for individual learning 13
115		-	plans. The regulations must require that an individual learning plan 14
116		-	(1) provide a course of study appropriate to the student's grade level and 15
117		-	consistent with state and district standards; 16
118		-	(2) incorporate an ongoing assessment plan that includes statewide 17
119		-	assessments required for public schools under AS 14.03.123(f); 18
120		-	(3) include provisions for modifying an individual learning plan if the student 19
121		-	is below proficient on a standardized assessment in a core subject; 20
122		-	(4) provide for quarterly monitoring of a student's work and progress by the 21
123		-	certificated teacher assigned to the student. 22
124		-	(c) The department or a district that provides a homeschool or correspondence study 23
125		-	program may provide an annual student allotment to a parent or guardian of a student enrolled 24
126		-	in the homeschool or correspondence study program. A parent or guardian may use the 25
127		-	allotment only for implementation of the student's individual learning plan. 26
128		-	(d) The department shall monitor the use of allotments distributed under this section. 27
129		-	(e) The department or a district that provides a correspondence study program shall 28
130		-	submit an annual report to the department that includes
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132		-	(1) the number of students enrolled in the program; 30
133		-	(2) the demographic information of the students enrolled in the program; 31
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135		-	(3) an accounting of student allotment funds that have been disbursed; 1
136		-	(4) assessment and proficiency scores of the students enrolled in the program; 2
137		-	and 3
138		-	(5) a review of curricula that have been provided by the program or purchased 4
139		-	using allotment funds. 5
140		-	(f) The department shall include the information reported to the department under (e) 6
141		-	of this section in the report to the legislature required under AS 14.07.168. 7
142		-	(g) The board shall adopt regulations to implement this section consistent with art. 8
143		-	VII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska. 9
144		-	(h) In this section, 10
145		-	(1) "board" means the state Board of Education and Early Development; 11
146		-	(2) "department" means the Department of Education and Early Development; 12
147		-	(3) "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990. 13
148		-	* Sec. 6. Section 5 of this Act is repealed July 1, 2025. 14
149		-	* Sec. 7. Section 4 of this Act takes effect January 1, 2027. 15
	45	+	(3) at least one dose of an opioid overdose drug is available during a 1
	46	+	school-sponsored event conducted on school grounds. 2
	47	+	(b) The Department of Health shall provide each school district with the 3
	48	+	opioid overdose drug required under this section. The commissioner of health shall 4
	49	+	develop and provide to each school district a short training video about how and when 5
	50	+	to administer an opioid overdose drug. 6
	51	+	(c) A school district, school, or individual is not liable for civil damages for an 7
	52	+	injury to another individual resulting from a failure to possess or maintain an opioid 8
	53	+	overdose drug under this section. 9
	54	+	(d) In this section, 10
	55	+	(1) "main school building" means the building on school grounds 11
	56	+	where most of the students of the school are educated during regular school hours and 12
	57	+	the principal, nurse, and other administrative staff of the school are located; 13
	58	+	(2) "opioid overdose drug" has the meaning given in AS 17.20.085(e); 14
	59	+	(3) "school district" means a borough school district, a city school 15
	60	+	district, a regional educational attendance area, and a state boarding school; 16
	61	+	(4) "school grounds" means a building, structure, athletic playing field, 17
	62	+	playground, parking area, or land contained within the real property boundary line of a 18
	63	+	school in a school district. 19
	64	+	* Sec. 2. AS 17.20.085(e) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 20
	65	+	(5) "school district" has the meaning given in AS 14.30.145(d). 21
	66	+	* Sec. 3. AS 17.20.085 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 22
	67	+	(f) Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a school district, 23
	68	+	if acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) or (c) of this section, may receive 24
	69	+	a supply of opioid overdose drugs from the department and may possess opioid 25
	70	+	overdose drugs for the purposes of AS 14.30.145. 26
	71	+	(g) Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a person, if 27
	72	+	acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) or (c) of this section, may 28
	73	+	administer an opioid overdose drug under AS 14.30.145 to a person at risk of 29
	74	+	experiencing an opioid overdose. 30