Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 494
Barcode 260672
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/08/2012 .
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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Bogdanoff) recommended
the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 42 - 51
4 and insert:
5 Section 2. Paragraph (i) of subsection (3) of section
6 1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
8 school students must receive accurate and timely information
9 regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
10 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
11 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
12 rights including, but not limited to, the following:
13 (3) HEALTH ISSUES.—
14 (i) Epinephrine use and supply.—
15 1. A student who has experienced or is at risk for life
16 threatening allergic reactions may carry an epinephrine auto
17 injector and self-administer epinephrine by auto-injector while
18 in school, participating in school-sponsored activities, or in
19 transit to or from school or school-sponsored activities if the
20 school has been provided with parental and physician
21 authorization. The State Board of Education, in cooperation with
22 the Department of Health, shall adopt rules for such use of
23 epinephrine auto-injectors that shall include provisions to
24 protect the safety of all students from the misuse or abuse of
25 auto-injectors. A school district, county health department,
26 public-private partner, and their employees and volunteers shall
27 be indemnified by the parent of a student authorized to carry an
28 epinephrine auto-injector for any and all liability with respect
29 to the student’s use of an epinephrine auto-injector pursuant to
30 this paragraph.
31 2. A public school may maintain in a locked, secure
32 location on its premises a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors.
33 A physician may prescribe epinephrine auto-injectors in the name
34 of the school to be maintained for emergency use when any
35 student is having an anaphylactic reaction. The supply of
36 epinephrine auto-injectors may be provided to and used by any
37 student authorized to self-administer epinephrine by auto
38 injector under subparagraph 1.
39 Section 3. Subsections (16) and (17) are added to section
40 1002.42, Florida Statutes, to read:
41 1002.42 Private schools.—
42 (16) EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.—The emergency response agencies
43 identified in a district school board’s emergency response
44 policy pursuant to s. 1006.07(4) that are responsible for
45 notifying the school district of an occurrence that threatens
46 student safety shall also notify private schools in the district
47 that request such notification by opting into the district
48 school board’s emergency notification procedures.
49 (17) EPINEPHRINE SUPPLY.—A private school may maintain in a
50 locked, secure location on its premises a supply of epinephrine
51 auto-injectors. A physician may prescribe epinephrine auto
52 injectors in the name of the private school to be maintained for
53 emergency use when any student is having an anaphylactic
54 reaction. The supply of epinephrine auto-injectors may be
55 provided to and used by any student authorized to self
56 administer epinephrine by auto-injector under s. 1002.20(3)(i).
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58 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
59 And the title is amended as follows:
60 Delete lines 2 - 8
61 and insert:
62 An act relating to student health and safety; amending
63 s. 1006.07, F.S.; requiring district school board
64 policies to list the emergency response agencies that
65 are responsible for notifying the school district of
66 emergencies; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing a
67 public school to maintain a supply of epinephrine
68 auto-injectors; providing that a physician may
69 prescribe epinephrine auto-injectors to be maintained
70 for emergency use when any student is having an
71 anaphylactic reaction; providing that the supply of
72 epinephrine auto-injectors may be provided to and used
73 by any student authorized to self-administer
74 epinephrine by auto-injector; amending s. 1002.42,
75 F.S.; requiring the emergency response agencies to
76 notify private schools in the school district under
77 certain circumstances; authorizing a private school to
78 maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors;
79 providing that a physician may prescribe epinephrine
80 auto-injectors to be maintained for emergency use when
81 any student is having an anaphylactic reaction;
82 providing that the supply of epinephrine auto
83 injectors may be provided to and used by any student
84 authorized to self-administer epinephrine by auto
85 injector;