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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 6, 2021
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2662 By: Lowe (Dick) and Echols of
the House
and
Rader of the Senate
An Act relating to schools; crea ting the Seizure-Safe
Schools Act; defining term; requiring school emplo yee
to have certain training; requiring school seizure
training programs and guidelines meet certain
criteria; requiring written parent authoriza tion and
plan for administration of certain medication;
requiring school to maintain certain records;
providing applicability of act; authorizing schools
to provide certain educational programs; authorizing
promulgation of rules; limiting liability; providing
for codification; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.185 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cite d as the “Seizure-
Safe Schools Act”.
B. As used in the Seizure-Safe Schools Act, “seizure action
plan” means a written, individualized health plan designed to
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acknowledge and prepare for the health care needs of a student
diagnosed with a seizure disorder .
C. Beginning January 1, 2022, the board of each local public
school district shall have at least one school employee at each
school who has met the training requirements necessary to:
1. Administer or assist with the self -administration of a
seizure rescue medication or medication prescri bed to treat seizure
disorder symptoms as approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration and any successor agency; and
2. Recognize the signs and symptoms of seizures and the
appropriate steps to be taken t o respond to these symptoms.
D. Any training programs or guidelines adopted by any state
agency for the training of school personnel in the health care needs
of any student diagnosed with a seizure disorder shall be fully
consistent with training programs and guidelines developed by the
Epilepsy Foundation of America and any successor organization.
Notwithstanding any state agency requirement or other law to the
contrary, for the purposes of this training, a local school district
shall be permitted to use any adequate and appropriate training
programs or guidelines for training of school personnel in the
seizure disorder care tasks covered under this section.
E. Before a seizure rescue medication can be administered to a
student to treat seizure disorder symptoms, the student’s parent or
legal guardian shall:
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1. Provide the school with written authorization to administer
the medication at school;
2. Provide a written statement from the student ’s health care
provider that shall contain the following infor mation:
a. the student’s name,
b. the name and purpose of the medication,
c. the prescribed dosage,
d. the route of administration,
e. the frequency that the medication may be administered,
and
f. the circumstances under which the medication may be
administered;
3. Provide the prescribed med ication to the school in its
unopened, sealed package with the label affixed by the dispensing
pharmacy intact; and
4. Collaborate with school personnel to create a seizure action
plan.
F. The statements and seizure a ction plan required in
subsection E of this section shall be kept on file in the office of
the school nurse or school administrator and shall be distributed to
any school personnel or volunteers responsible for the supervision
or care of the student.
G. The authorization for the administrati on of seizure rescue
medications provided in subsection E of this section shall be
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effective for the school year in which it is granted and may be
renewed each following school year upon fulfilling the requirements
of subsections E and F of this section.
H. The Seizure-Safe Schools Act shall apply only to a school
that has a student enrolled who has a seizure disorder and has a
seizure rescue medication or medication prescribed to treat seizure
disorder symptoms approve d by the United States Food and Drug
Administration and any successor agency prescribed by the student ’s
health care provider.
I. Every public school may provide an age -appropriate seizure
education program to all students on seizures and seizure disorder s.
The seizure education program sha ll be consistent with guidelines
published by the Epilepsy Foundation of America and any successor
organization. The State Board of Education may promulgate
administrative rules for the development and implementation o f the
seizure education program and t he procedures for the development and
content of seizure action plans.
J. A school district, school district employee or agent acting
in good faith and in substantial compliance w ith the student's
individual health plan and the instructions of the student's
licensed health care professional that provides assistance or
services under this act sh all not be liable in any criminal action
or for civil damages in his or her individual or marital or
governmental or corporate o r other capacities as a result of the
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services provided under t his act to students with epilepsy or
seizure disorders.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is he reby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall t ake effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
April 6, 2021 - DO PASS