SB 1051 Huff Diastat
Emergency medical assistance:administration of diastat.
Existing law provides that in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school, a school district is authorized to provide school personnel with voluntary medical training
to provide emergency medical assistance to pupils with diabetes suffering from severe hypoglycemia.
This bill would authorize a school district, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school,to provide school employees with voluntary emergency medical training to provide emergency medical assistance to pupils with epilepsy
suffering from seizures in accordance with performance standards developed by specified entities. The bill would require the State Department of Public Health to approve the performance standards for distribution and make the standards available upon request.
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AB 1802 Hall Pupil health: diabetes: insulin injections.
This bill would authorize a parent or guardian of a pupil with diabetes to designate one or more school employees as parent-designated school employees for the purpose of administering insulin to the pupil as necessary during the regular schoolday when a credentialed school nurse or other health care professional is not immediately available onsite at the school. The bill would authorize a parent-designated school employee to administer insulin. In order to designate an employee for these purposes, the bill would require that the parent or guardian submit a written statement, valid for a maximum of one year, as specified. The bill would require the school district to keep a copy of that statement, to obtain other specified statements from the physician of the pupil and the parent or guardian, and, upon receiving a written request from the parent or guardian of a pupil with diabetes, to notify school staff regarding the intent of the parent or guardian to designate school employees to administer insulin to the pupil. The bill would authorize a licensed health care professional, as described, to provide training to parent-designated school employees in the administration of insulin and to supervise those employees in performing that task. The bill would provide a parent-designated school employee who administers insulin pursuant to the bill's provisions with immunity from criminal and civil liability, as specified.
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AB 2454 Torlakson School Nurses
AB 2454 mandates every student in California have access to a healthcare professional. Schools will be required to have at least one Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) or Registered Nurse (RN) on every school campus- working under the supervision of a credentialed school nurse. Additionally, the legislation will set a minimum nurse to student ratio and a supervision ratio of credentialed school nurses to nurses.
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