Senate File 364 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY BEALL
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to school nurse employment and the provision of
2 health services by school districts and providing an effective
3 date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 279.65 SCHOOL NURSES == HEALTH
1 2 SERVICES.
1 3 1. The board of directors of a school district shall
1 4 employ a minimum of one school nurse per school district to
1 5 provide health services. If the total school district
1 6 enrollment is more than seven hundred fifty students, the
1 7 school district shall employ a prorated number of registered
1 8 nurses, as determined by the state board of education by rule.
1 9 2. For purposes of this section:
1 10 a. "Health services" includes but is not limited to the
1 11 following four areas:
1 12 (1) Prevention, which includes the following:
1 13 (a) Creating a safe and healthful school environment
1 14 through a continuous health program for all students.
1 15 (b) Employing principles of learning and best teaching
1 16 practices in delivery of health education.
1 17 (c) Acting as a resource for students, families, staff,
1 18 and the community relating to health services, health
1 19 education, and healthy environments.
1 20 (2) Assessment, which includes the following:
1 21 (a) Implementing and monitoring the continuous health
1 22 program services in accordance with statute, administrative
1 23 rules, and standards of practice.
1 24 (b) Using the nursing process to collect, interpret, and
1 25 record information about the health, development, and
1 26 educational status of students to determine a nursing
1 27 diagnosis and develop health care plans.
1 28 (3) Intervention, which includes the following:
1 29 (a) Implementing and monitoring a system for the provision
1 30 of health services and emergency care.
1 31 (b) Providing individual and group counseling to students
1 32 and staff in health=related matters.
1 33 (c) Communicating with parents and guardians and
1 34 collaborating with others to facilitate the continuity of
1 35 services and care.
2 1 (4) Referral, which includes the following:
2 2 (a) Utilizing appropriate health care personnel and health
2 3 care resources to meet individual student needs.
2 4 (b) Evaluating student and family responses to nursing
2 5 actions and referrals.
2 6 (c) Coordinating health services with families, other
2 7 school programs, in=school professionals, and school=based and
2 8 community=based resources.
2 9 b. "School nurse" means a registered nurse, as defined in
2 10 section 152.1, who may or may not hold a statement of
2 11 professional recognition issued by the board of educational
2 12 examiners.
2 13 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect July 1,
2 14 2011.
2 15 Sec. 3. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
2 16 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
2 17 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
2 18 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
2 19 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
2 20 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
2 21 to meet all the state funding=related requirements of section
2 22 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
2 23 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
2 24 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
2 25 EXPLANATION
2 26 This bill requires the board of directors of a school
2 27 district to employ a minimum of one school nurse per school
2 28 district to provide health services. If the total school
2 29 district enrollment is more than 750 students, the school
2 30 district must employ a prorated number of registered nurses,
2 31 as determined by the state board of education by rule.
2 32 The bill defines health services to include a continuous
2 33 health program for all students that creates a safe and
2 34 healthful school environment; employment of principles of
2 35 learning and best teaching practices in delivery of health
3 1 education; acting as a resource for health services, health
3 2 education and healthy environments; implementing and
3 3 monitoring the continuous health program services in
3 4 accordance with statute, administrative rules, and standards
3 5 of practice; using the nursing process to collect, interpret,
3 6 and record information about the health, development, and
3 7 educational status of students to determine a nursing
3 8 diagnosis and develop health care plans; implementing and
3 9 monitoring a system for the provision of health services and
3 10 emergency care; providing individual and group counseling to
3 11 students and staff in health=related matters; communicating
3 12 with parents and guardians and collaborating with others to
3 13 facilitate the continuity of services and care; utilizing
3 14 appropriate health care personnel and health care resources to
3 15 meet individual student needs; evaluating student and family
3 16 responses to nursing actions and referrals; and coordinating
3 17 health services with families, other school programs,
3 18 in=school professionals, and school=based and community=based
3 19 resources.
3 20 The bill defines school nurse to mean a registered nurse,
3 21 who may or may not hold a statement of professional
3 22 recognition issued by the board of educational examiners.
3 23 The bill takes effect July 1, 2011.
3 24 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
3 25 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
3 26 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
3 27 district from state school foundation aid received by the
3 28 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
3 29 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
3 30 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
3 31 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
3 32 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
3 33 state mandates included in the bill.
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