General Assembly Raised Bill No. 902
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4098
*04098_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 902
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4098
*04098_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SCHOOL NURSE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10-212 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(a) Each local or regional board of education shall appoint one or more school nurses or nurse practitioners. Such school nurses and nurse practitioners appointed by such boards shall be qualified pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 by the State Board of Education in consultation with the Department of Public Health. Such school nurses may also act as visiting nurses in the town, may visit the homes of pupils in the public schools and shall assist in executing the orders of the school medical advisor, if there is any in such town, and perform such other duties as are required by such board.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any regulation of Connecticut state agencies, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the administering of medications by parents or guardians to their own children on school grounds.
(c) School nurses and nurse practitioners appointed by or under contract with any local or regional board of education and any nurse provided to a nonpublic school under the provisions of section 10-217a shall submit to a criminal history records check in accordance with the provisions of section 29-17a.
(d) In addition to the continuing qualification requirements for school nurses set forth in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, every school nurse appointed by a local or regional board of education on or after July 1, 2018, shall complete, not later than one year after the date of such appointment, at least twelve hours of continuing education approved by the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Association of School Nurses of Connecticut.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2017) Each school district shall participate in the annual health services program information survey conducted by the State Board of Education.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 10-212f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(a) The Commissioner of Education shall establish a School Nurse Advisory Council consisting of the following members:
(1) One representative from each state-wide bargaining representative organization that represents school nurses;
(2) One representative of the Association of School Nurses of Connecticut; [who is employed in a private or parochial school;]
(3) One representative of the Connecticut Nurses Association;
(4) One representative of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents;
(5) One representative of the Connecticut Federation of School Administrators;
(6) One representative of the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education;
(7) Two school district medical advisors, one of whom is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics;
(8) One representative of the Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home who is a school nurse; and
(9) The Commissioners of Education and Public Health, or the commissioners' designees who shall be ex-officio, nonvoting members and shall attend meetings of the advisory council.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 10-212
Sec. 2 July 1, 2017 New section
Sec. 3 October 1, 2017 10-212f(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
10-212
Sec. 2
July 1, 2017
New section
Sec. 3
October 1, 2017
10-212f(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To implement the recommendations of the School Nurse Advisory Council.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]