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HB5939 Enrolled                               LRB9211085NTpkB

 1        AN ACT concerning schools.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The School Code is amended by adding Sections
 5    10-20.35 and 34-18.23 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/10-20.35 new)
 7        Sec. 10-20.35.  Medical information form for bus  drivers
 8    and  emergency  medical  technicians.  School  districts  are
 9    encouraged to create and use an emergency medical information
10    form  for  bus  drivers and emergency medical technicians for
11    those students with special needs or medical conditions.  The
12    form   may  include  without  limitation  information  to  be
13    provided by the student's parent or legal guardian concerning
14    the student's relevant medical conditions,  medications  that
15    the  student  is  taking, the student's communication skills,
16    and how a bus driver or an emergency medical technician is to
17    respond to certain behaviors of the student. If the  form  is
18    used, the school district is encouraged to notify parents and
19    legal  guardians  of the availability of the form. The parent
20    or legal guardian of the student may fill out  the  form  and
21    submit  it  to  the school that the student is attending. The
22    school district is encouraged to keep one copy of the form on
23    file at the school and another copy on the  student's  school
24    bus in a secure location.

25        (105 ILCS 5/34-18.23 new)
26        Sec.  34-18.23.  Medical information form for bus drivers
27    and emergency medical technicians.  The  school  district  is
28    encouraged to create and use an emergency medical information
29    form  for  bus  drivers and emergency medical technicians for
30    those students with special needs or medical conditions.  The
 
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 1    form   may  include  without  limitation  information  to  be
 2    provided by the student's parent or legal guardian concerning
 3    the student's relevant medical conditions,  medications  that
 4    the  student  is  taking, the student's communication skills,
 5    and how a bus driver or an emergency medical technician is to
 6    respond to certain behaviors of the student. If the  form  is
 7    used, the school district is encouraged to notify parents and
 8    legal  guardians  of the availability of the form. The parent
 9    or legal guardian of the student may fill out  the  form  and
10    submit  it  to  the school that the student is attending. The
11    school district is encouraged to keep one copy of the form on
12    file at the school and another copy on the  student's  school
13    bus in a secure location.

14        Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July
15    1, 2002.

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