Connecticut 2018 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00314 Compare Versions

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1	1		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 314
2	2		February Session, 2018 LCO No. 1282
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4	4		Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
5	5		Introduced by:
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8	8		General Assembly
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10	10		Raised Bill No. 314
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12	12		February Session, 2018
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14	14		LCO No. 1282
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18	18		Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
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20	20		Introduced by:
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24	24		AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF EPINEPHRINE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WILDERNESS SCHOOL.
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26	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28	28		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Any employee of the Department of Children and Families Wilderness School who is eighteen years of age or older and has satisfied the requirements of subparagraph (A)(iv) of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 19a-428-6 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies may administer epinephrine by a premeasured commercially prepared autoinjector for the purpose of emergency first aid in the absence of a written order from an authorized prescriber to a child enrolled in the school who experiences a presumed allergic reaction.
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30	30		(b) The director of the Department of Children and Families Wilderness School, or the director's designee, shall ensure the maintenance of epinephrine in premeasured commercially prepared autoinjectors at the school for the purpose of emergency first aid to children who experience presumed allergic reactions and do not have a written order from an authorized prescriber for the administration of epinephrine.
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32	32		(c) No employee of the Department of Children and Families Wilderness School shall administer epinephrine to a child enrolled in the school if such child's parent or guardian has submitted in writing a statement that such parent does not consent to the administration of epinephrine to such child.
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34	34		(d) No employee administering epinephrine to a child pursuant to this section shall be liable to such child or a parent or guardian of such child for civil damages for any personal injuries that result from acts or omissions of such employee administering such epinephrine pursuant to this section that may constitute ordinary negligence. This immunity does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, wilful or wanton negligence.
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39	39		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
40	40		Section 1 from passage New section
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42	42		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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44	44		Section 1
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46	46		from passage
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48	48		New section
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	50	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	52	+	To permit the administration of epinephrine at the Department of Children and Families Wilderness School without the prior written order of an authorized prescriber.
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52		-	KID Joint Favorable
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56		-	Joint Favorable
	54	+	[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.]