HF 405 (LSB 2528YH (1) 88)

HOUSE FILE 405

BY  MASCHER

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the development and implementation of guidelines for schools for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.9, Code 2019, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  60.  No later than July 1, 2020, in consultation with the department of public health, develop and make available to all schools guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. The guidelines shall include but not be limited to all of the following: 
   a.  Education and training for school personnel on the management of students with life-threatening food allergies, including training relating to the administration of an epinephrine auto-injector.
   b.  Procedures for responding to life-threatening allergic reactions.
   c.  A process for the development of individualized health care and allergy action plans for every student with a known life-threatening food allergy.
   d.  Protocols to prevent exposure to life-threatening allergens.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of education, in consultation with the department of public health, to develop and make available to all schools guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies no later than July 1, 2020.