Senate File 167 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DANIELSON


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning food allergies and the prevention of
  2    life=threatening incidents in schools.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2074SS 82
  5 ak/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  280.16A  FOOD ALLERGY PLAN.
  1  2    1.  Not later than January 1, 2008, the department of
  1  3 education, in cooperation with the department of public
  1  4 health, shall adopt rules for each school district for the
  1  5 management of students with life=threatening food allergies.
  1  6 The rules shall include but are not limited to the following:
  1  7    a.  Education and training requirements for school
  1  8 personnel about the management of students with
  1  9 life=threatening food allergies.
  1 10    b.  Training requirements related to the administration of
  1 11 food allergy=related medication, including medication with an
  1 12 automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic
  1 13 injectable equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard
  1 14 dose for emergency first aid response to allergic reactions.
  1 15    c.  Procedures for responding to life=threatening allergic
  1 16 reactions to food.
  1 17    d.  A process for the development of individualized health
  1 18 care and food allergy action plans for every student with a
  1 19 life=threatening food allergy.
  1 20    e.  Protocols to prevent exposure to food allergens.
  1 21    2.  Not later than July 1, 2008, each school district shall
  1 22 implement a plan based on the rules developed pursuant to this
  1 23 section for the management of students with life=threatening
  1 24 food allergies enrolled in the schools under its jurisdiction.
  1 25    Sec. 2.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection
  1 26 3, shall not apply to this Act.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill requires that the department of education, in
  1 29 cooperation with the department of public health, develop
  1 30 rules for school districts about the management of students
  1 31 with life=threatening food allergies by January 1, 2008.
  1 32    The bill requires the rules to include all of the
  1 33 following:  education and training requirements for school
  1 34 personnel about the management of students with
  1 35 life=threatening food allergies; training requirements related
  2  1 to the administering of food allergy=related medication,
  2  2 including epinephrine to a student during an emergency
  2  3 situation; procedures for responding to a life=threatening
  2  4 allergic reaction to food; a process for developing individual
  2  5 health care and an action plan for students with
  2  6 life=threatening food allergies; and protocols to prevent
  2  7 exposure to food allergens.
  2  8    The bill requires that school districts implement the rules
  2  9 by July 1, 2008.
  2 10    The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  2 11 section 25B.3.  The bill makes inapplicable Code section
  2 12 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political
  2 13 subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for
  2 14 the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified.
  2 15 Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with
  2 16 any state mandate included in the bill.
  2 17 LSB 2074SS 82
  2 18 ak:nh/gg/14