| 6 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1580 3 |
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| 8 | 6 | | 4 |
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| 9 | 7 | | By: Representative Gramlich 5 |
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| 10 | 8 | | By: Senator J. Petty 6 |
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| 12 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 13 | 11 | | AN ACT TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN 9 |
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| 14 | 12 | | INFORMATION ON TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES WHEN OTHER 10 |
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| 15 | 13 | | HEALTH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED; AND FOR OTHER 11 |
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| 16 | 14 | | PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 19 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 20 | 18 | | TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN 16 |
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| 21 | 19 | | INFORMATION ON TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 17 |
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| 22 | 20 | | DIABETES WHEN OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION 18 |
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| 23 | 21 | | IS PROVIDED. 19 |
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| 25 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 27 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 6 -18-711, concerning administration of 23 |
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| 28 | 26 | | medication for diabetes in schools, is amended to add an additional 24 |
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| 29 | 27 | | subsection to read as follows: 25 |
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| 30 | | - | (d)(1) If a school district provides educational information on 26 |
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| 31 | | - | immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health 27 |
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| 32 | | - | issues to parents and guardians of students in kindergarten through grade 28 |
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| 33 | | - | twelve (K-12), the following educational information about Type 1 and Type 2 29 |
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| 34 | | - | diabetes shall be included: 30 |
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| 35 | | - | (A) A description of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes; 31 |
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| 36 | | - | (B) A description of the risk factors and warning signs 32 |
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| 37 | | - | associated with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes; 33 |
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| 38 | | - | (C) A recommendation to the parent or guardian of a 34 |
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| 39 | | - | student displaying warning signs associated with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes 35 |
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| 40 | | - | that the parent or guardian consult with the student's primary care provider 36 As Engrossed: H3/19/25 HB1580 |
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| 28 | + | (d)(1) If a school district provides information on immunizations, 26 |
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| 29 | + | infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to parents 27 |
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| 30 | + | and guardians of students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K -12), the 28 |
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| 31 | + | following information about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes shall be included: 29 |
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| 32 | + | (A) A description of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes; 30 |
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| 33 | + | (B) A description of the risk factors and warning signs 31 |
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| 34 | + | associated with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes; 32 |
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| 35 | + | (C) A recommendation to the parent or guardian of a 33 |
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| 36 | + | student displaying warning signs associated with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes 34 |
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| 37 | + | that the parent or guardian consult with the student's primary care provider 35 |
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| 38 | + | to determine if immediate screening for Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes is 36 HB1580 |
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| 45 | | - | to determine if immediate screening for Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes is 1 |
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| 46 | | - | appropriate; 2 |
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| 47 | | - | (D) A description of the screening processes for both Type 3 |
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| 48 | | - | 1 and Type 2 diabetes and of the significance of the stages of Type 1 4 |
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| 49 | | - | diabetes; and 5 |
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| 50 | | - | (E) A recommendation that, following a Type 1 or Type 2 6 |
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| 51 | | - | diabetes diagnosis, the parent or guardian consult with the student's primary 7 |
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| 52 | | - | care provider to develop an appropriate treatment plan. 8 |
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| 53 | | - | (2) The Department of Education, in cooperation with the 9 |
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| 54 | | - | Department of Health, shall develop and make available the educational 10 |
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| 55 | | - | information about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes to school districts and on the 11 |
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| 56 | | - | website of each department. 12 |
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| 57 | | - | (3) Diabetes-related educational information provided by school 13 |
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| 58 | | - | districts to parents and guardians of students as required by this subsection 14 |
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| 59 | | - | is solely for the purposes of educational information and shall not be 15 |
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| 60 | | - | considered or construed to be for the purposes of providing a medical 16 |
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| 61 | | - | diagnosis. 17 |
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| 41 | + | appropriate; 1 |
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| 42 | + | (D) A description of the screening processes for both Type 2 |
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| 43 | + | 1 and Type 2 diabetes and of the significance of the stages of Type 1 3 |
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| 44 | + | diabetes; and 4 |
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| 45 | + | (E) A recommendation that, following a Type 1 or Type 2 5 |
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| 46 | + | diabetes diagnosis, the parent or guardian consult with the student's primary 6 |
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| 47 | + | care provider to develop an appropriate treatment plan. 7 |
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| 48 | + | (2) The Department of Education, in cooperation with the 8 |
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| 49 | + | Department of Health, shall develop and make available the information about 9 |
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| 50 | + | Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes to school districts and on the website of each 10 |
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| 51 | + | department. 11 |
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