Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB4146 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4146 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must allow a student to self-administer any over-the-counter lactose intolerant relief medication without requiring written permission from the student's parent or guardian or written authorization from the student's physician, physician's assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse. LRB103 34066 RJT 63883 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4146 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b 105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must allow a student to self-administer any over-the-counter lactose intolerant relief medication without requiring written permission from the student's parent or guardian or written authorization from the student's physician, physician's assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse. LRB103 34066 RJT 63883 b LRB103 34066 RJT 63883 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4146 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b 105 ILCS 5/34-18.61
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6	6	Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must allow a student to self-administer any over-the-counter lactose intolerant relief medication without requiring written permission from the student's parent or guardian or written authorization from the student's physician, physician's assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning education.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
16	16	5 10-22.21b and 34-18.61 as follows:
17	17	6 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b)
18	18	7 Sec. 10-22.21b. Administering medication.
19	19	8 (a) In this Section, "asthma action plan" has the meaning
20	20	9 given to that term under Section 22-30.
21	21	10 (b) To provide for the administration of medication to
22	22	11 students. It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois that
23	23	12 the administration of medication to students during regular
24	24	13 school hours and during school-related activities should be
25	25	14 discouraged unless absolutely necessary for the critical
26	26	15 health and well-being of the student. Under no circumstances
27	27	16 shall teachers or other non-administrative school employees,
28	28	17 except certified school nurses and non-certificated registered
29	29	18 professional nurses, be required to administer medication to
30	30	19 students. This Section shall not prohibit a school district
31	31	20 from adopting guidelines for self-administration of medication
32	32	21 by students that are consistent with this Section and this
33	33	22 Code. This Section shall not prohibit any school employee from
34	34	23 providing emergency assistance to students.
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38	38	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4146 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
39	39	105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 105 ILCS 5/10-22.21b from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.21b 105 ILCS 5/34-18.61
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41	41	105 ILCS 5/34-18.61
42	42	Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must allow a student to self-administer any over-the-counter lactose intolerant relief medication without requiring written permission from the student's parent or guardian or written authorization from the student's physician, physician's assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse.
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71	71	1 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school
72	72	2 district must allow any student with an asthma action plan, an
73	73	3 Individual Health Care Action Plan, an allergy emergency
74	74	4 action plan, a plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal
75	75	5 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or a plan pursuant to the federal
76	76	6 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to self-administer
77	77	7 any medication required under those plans if the student's
78	78	8 parent or guardian provides the school district with (i)
79	79	9 written permission for the student's self-administration of
80	80	10 medication and (ii) written authorization from the student's
81	81	11 physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
82	82	12 registered nurse for the student to self-administer the
83	83	13 medication. A parent or guardian must also provide to the
84	84	14 school district the prescription label for the medication,
85	85	15 which must contain the name of the medication, the prescribed
86	86	16 dosage, and the time or times at which or the circumstances
87	87	17 under which the medication is to be administered. Information
88	88	18 received by a school district under this subsection shall be
89	89	19 kept on file in the office of the school nurse or, in the
90	90	20 absence of a school nurse, the school's administrator.
91	91	21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school
92	92	22 district must allow a student to self-administer any
93	93	23 over-the-counter lactose intolerant relief medication without
94	94	24 requiring written permission from the student's parent or
95	95	25 guardian or written authorization from the student's
96	96	26 physician, physician's assistant, or advanced practice
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107	107	1 registered nurse.
108	108	2 (d) Each school district must adopt an emergency action
109	109	3 plan for a student who self-administers medication under
110	110	4 subsection (c). The plan must include both of the following:
111	111	5 (1) A plan of action in the event a student is unable
112	112	6 to self-administer medication.
113	113	7 (2) The situations in which a school must call 9-1-1.
114	114	8 (e) A school district and its employees and agents shall
115	115	9 incur no liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, as
116	116	10 a result of any injury arising from the self-administration of
117	117	11 medication by a student under subsection (c). The student's
118	118	12 parent or guardian must sign a statement to this effect, which
119	119	13 must acknowledge that the parent or guardian must indemnify
120	120	14 and hold harmless the school district and its employees and
121	121	15 agents against any claims, except a claim based on willful and
122	122	16 wanton conduct, arising out of the self-administration of
123	123	17 medication by a student.
124	124	18 (Source: P.A. 103-175, eff. 6-30-23.)
125	125	19 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61)
126	126	20 Sec. 34-18.61. Self-administration of medication.
127	127	21 (a) In this Section, "asthma action plan" has the meaning
128	128	22 given to that term under Section 22-30.
129	129	23 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the school
130	130	24 district must allow any student with an asthma action plan, an
131	131	25 Individual Health Care Action Plan, an allergy emergency
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142	142	1 action plan, a plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal
143	143	2 Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or a plan pursuant to the federal
144	144	3 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to self-administer
145	145	4 any medication required under those plans if the student's
146	146	5 parent or guardian provides the school district with (i)
147	147	6 written permission for the student's self-administration of
148	148	7 medication and (ii) written authorization from the student's
149	149	8 physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice
150	150	9 registered nurse for the student to self-administer the
151	151	10 medication. A parent or guardian must also provide to the
152	152	11 school district the prescription label for the medication,
153	153	12 which must contain the name of the medication, the prescribed
154	154	13 dosage, and the time or times at which or the circumstances
155	155	14 under which the medication is to be administered. Information
156	156	15 received by the school district under this subsection shall be
157	157	16 kept on file in the office of the school nurse or, in the
158	158	17 absence of a school nurse, the school's administrator.
159	159	18 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the school
160	160	19 district must allow a student to self-administer any
161	161	20 over-the-counter lactose intolerant relief medication without
162	162	21 requiring written permission from the student's parent or
163	163	22 guardian or written authorization from the student's
164	164	23 physician, physician's assistant, or advanced practice
165	165	24 registered nurse.
166	166	25 (c) The school district must adopt an emergency action
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