ADMINISTERING MEDICATIONS TO STUDENTS
House Bill 4672
Sponsor: Rep. John Hansen
Committee: Education
Complete to 4-26-01
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4672 AS INTRODUCED 4-25-01
House Bill 4672 would amend the Revised School Code to require the Department of Education to do all of the following before October 1, 2001:
-review the guidelines, policies, or other publications produced by the department and other state agencies that concern administering medications to students, and revise them as necessary; and,
-make available a model local policy concerning the administration of medications to students while they are in school. The bill would encourage school boards, intermediate school boards, and the boards of directors of public school academies to align their local policies with the model policy, and also to provide appropriate training to people who administer medications to students at school.
Under the bill, the model policy would address the type and amount of training that would be required for people who participate in administering medications to students at school. In developing this part of the policy, the bill specifies that the department could consider training programs offered by the Michigan Association of School Nurses, as well as training offered by other public health organizations.
The bill would require that each school board or board of directors for a public school academy review its local policy at a public hearing within one year of the bill's effective date.
MCL 380.1178a
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.