HLS 20RS-1067 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 760
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY
SCHOOLS: Authorizes administration of medical marijuana to a student by a parent,
guardian, or authorized school employee at a public school
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:436.1(N), relative to the administration of medication in schools; to
3 provide for the administration of medical marijuana to students with a
4 recommendation from a licensed physician; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:436.1(N) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง436.1. Administration of medication; definition; conditions; restrictions;
8 exceptions
9 * * *
10 N.(1) The governing authority of each public elementary and secondary
11 school may adopt a policy authorizing the administration of medical marijuana to
12 students who have a recommendation or referral from a licensed physician for its use
13 in forms permissible defined in R.S. 40:1046. Such policy shall provide that a
14 primary caregiver of the student may possess and administer medical marijuana to
15 the student in addition to or in lieu of a school nurse or other authorized school
16 personnel.
17 (2) Subsections B through I of this Section are applicable to the
18 administration of medical marijuana.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-1067 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 760
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 760 Original 2020 Regular Session Bagley
Abstract: Provides relative to the administration of medical marijuana in public schools.
Present law provides for requirements and restrictions relative to the administration of
medication to public school students and defines "medication" to mean all prescription and
nonprescription drugs. Proposed law retains present law and makes it applicable to medical
marijuana.
Proposed law authorizes the governing authority of each public elementary and secondary
school to adopt a policy authorizing a primary caregiver, school nurse, or other authorized
school personnel to administer medical marijuana in a form permissible under present law
to a student with a recommendation or referral from a licensed physician. A school
employee administering the medication is subject to written parental consent under present
law.
(Adds R.S. 17:436.1(N))
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