HF 2393 (LSB 6195HV (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2393

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 651)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to health examinations, surveys, and screenings conducted by school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 279.76, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  This subsection shall not apply to a hearing, dental, or vision examination.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to health examinations, surveys, and screenings conducted by school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools.
   Current law prohibits school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from conducting an invasive physical examination of a student, a student health screening that is not required by state or federal law, or a formal examination or survey of a student that is designed to assess the student’s mental, emotional, or physical health that is not required by state or federal law, without first acquiring the written consent of the student’s parent or guardian. Current law also requires that school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools give written notice to a student’s parent or guardian of an examination or survey of the student required by state or federal law that is designed to assess the student’s mental, emotional, or physical health not less than seven days prior to the examination or survey. However, these prohibitions and requirements do not apply to hearing and vision examinations. The bill provides that dental examinations are also exempted from these prohibitions and requirements.