House
Study
Bill
10
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
NORDMAN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
persons
who
may
provide
health
services
to
1
students
enrolled
in
a
school
district.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
136A.5B,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
The
department
shall
publish
the
informational
3
materials
on
its
internet
site
and
shall
specifically
make
the
4
informational
materials
available
electronically
to
child
care
5
facilities
and
child
care
homes
as
defined
in
section
237A.1
,
6
school
nurses,
athletic
trainers
employed
by
school
districts,
7
hospitals,
attending
health
care
providers,
and
other
health
8
care
providers
offering
care
to
pregnant
women
and
infants.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
9B,
Code
2025,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
9B.
a.
Beginning
July
1,
2007
2025
,
each
school
district
12
shall
have
employ
a
school
nurse
or
an
athletic
trainer
to
13
provide
health
services
to
its
students.
Each
school
district
14
shall
work
toward
the
goal
of
having
employing
one
school
nurse
15
or
athletic
trainer
for
every
seven
hundred
fifty
students
16
enrolled
in
the
school
district.
17
b.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
“school
nurse”
:
18
(1)
“Athletic
trainer”
means
a
person
licensed
under
chapter
19
152D.
20
(2)
“School
nurse”
means
a
person
who
holds
an
endorsement
21
or
a
statement
of
professional
recognition
for
school
nurses
22
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
under
subchapter
23
VII,
part
3
.
24
Sec.
3.
Section
257.31,
subsection
5,
paragraph
m,
Code
25
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
26
m.
The
addition
of
one
or
more
teacher
librarians
pursuant
27
to
section
256.11,
subsection
9
,
one
or
more
guidance
28
counselors
pursuant
to
section
256.11,
subsection
9A
,
or
one
29
or
more
school
nurses
or
athletic
trainers
pursuant
to
section
30
256.11,
subsection
9B
.
31
Sec.
4.
Section
280.16,
subsection
6,
Code
2025,
is
amended
32
to
read
as
follows:
33
6.
Information
provided
to
the
school
under
subsection
34
2
shall
be
kept
on
file
in
the
office
of
the
school
nurse
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or
athletic
trainer
or,
in
the
absence
of
a
school
nurse
or
1
athletic
trainer
,
the
school’s
administrator.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
relates
to
persons
who
may
provide
health
services
6
to
students
enrolled
in
a
school
district.
Under
current
law,
7
school
districts
are
required
to
have
a
school
nurse
to
provide
8
health
services
to
students.
The
bill
modifies
this
provision
9
to
provide
that,
beginning
July
1,
2025,
school
districts
10
are
required
to
employ
either
a
school
nurse
or
an
athletic
11
trainer
licensed
under
Code
chapter
152D
(athletic
training)
12
to
provide
health
services
to
students.
The
bill
makes
13
conforming
changes
to
Code
sections
136A.5B
(cytomegalovirus
14
public
health
initiative),
257.31
(duties
of
the
school
15
budget
review
committee),
and
280.16
(self-administration
of
16
respiratory
distress,
asthma,
or
other
airway
constricting
17
disease
medication,
epinephrine
auto-injectors,
bronchodilator
18
canisters,
or
bronchodilator
canisters
and
spacers),
to
19
incorporate
athletic
trainers
who
are
employed
by
school
20
districts.
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