SB3507sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Laura M. Murphy

Filed: 3/26/2018

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3507

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3507 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 22-33 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/22-33 new)

Sec. 22-33. Self-administration of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.

(a) In this Section:

"Emergency care plan" means a student-specific action plan developed by a school district, public school, or nonpublic school to facilitate quick and appropriate responses to an emergency in a school setting.

"Individualized health care plan" means a written plan of care developed by a school district, public school, or nonpublic school that outlines the provisions of a student's health care services and that is intended to achieve specific student outcomes.

"Pancreatic insufficiency" means a disorder of the digestive system. "Pancreatic insufficiency" may include the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, a chronic disease that affects an individual's lungs and digestive system.

(b) A school district, public school, or nonpublic school must permit a student diagnosed with a pancreatic insufficiency to self-administer and self-manage his or her pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy if the parent or guardian of the student provides the school with written authorization for the student's self-administration and self-management of the therapy and written authorization for the therapy from the student's physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse. Information received by a school district or school under this subsection (b) shall be kept on file in the office of the school nurse or, in the absence of a school nurse, the school's administrator.

(c) Each school district, public school, or nonpublic school shall adopt an emergency care plan that may be part of a student's individualized health care plan developed under subsection (d) this Section and that includes all of the following:

(1) A plan of action in the event a student is unable to self-administer or self-manage his or her pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.

(2) The situations in which a school must call 911.

(d) Each school district, public school, or nonpublic school shall develop an individualized health care plan for a student subject to this Section. The school district or school must develop the plan in collaboration with the student's physician, parent or guardian, and other school personnel to determine how to manage the student's pancreatic insufficiency while in school, participating in a school-sponsored activity, or in transit to or from school or a school-sponsored activity. The plan must be student-specific and must include all of the following:

(1) The student's health status, risks, concerns, and strengths.

(2) Any diagnoses from the student's physician or a school nurse.

(3) Any interventions performed on the student by school personnel.

(4) Training for school personnel.

(5) A list of goals that meet the health care needs of the student and protect the safety of all students from the misuse or abuse of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy medication.".