HB2104
Seizure rescue meds.; administration by certain school employees, possession by certain students.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
March 18, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0059)
Chief Patron:
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Seizure rescue medications; administration by certain school employees; possession by certain students.
Permits a prescriber to authorize an employee of (i) a school board, (ii) a school for students with disabilities, (iii) an accredited private school, (iv) a local governing body, or (v) a local health department who is trained in the administration of seizure rescue medications for the treatment of seizures ... (More) to administer such medications, pursuant to a written order or standing protocol issued within the course of the prescriber's professional practice and with the consent of the student's parents, to a student diagnosed with a condition causing seizures when the student is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a seizure. The bill provides that any such authorized employee who administers or assists in the administration of such medications to such a student in accordance with the prescriber's instructions shall not be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment. The bill also permits any local school board to adopt and implement policies (a) permitting any student enrolled in any secondary school in the local school division who has a diagnosis of a condition causing seizures to possess seizure rescue medications during the school day, at school-sponsored activities, or while on a school bus or other school property if the student's parent has submitted a seizure management and action plan that includes written consent of the parent and written approval of the student's primary care provider for such self-possession or (b) for the administration of seizure rescue medications to any student enrolled in any elementary or secondary school in the local school division who has a diagnosis of a condition causing seizures, consistent with the provisions of the bill relating to prescriber authorization. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104222D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/18/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/18/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25104751D-H1
- 01/24/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/24/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2104)
- 01/27/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Education Substitute agreed to
- 01/27/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106792D-S1
- 02/06/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2104)
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (Y-97 N-0 A-0)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/17/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2104ER)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2104)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/18/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 59 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/18/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0059)
