{"id":30429,"date":"2021-05-19T12:33:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=30429"},"modified":"2021-05-19T12:33:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:33:55","slug":"seizure-action-plans-for-students-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=30429","title":{"rendered":"Seizure action plans for students approved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawmakers passed a bill May 19 that requires each public, private, denominational and parochial school in Nebraska to create individualized health plans for students with seizure disorders.

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Sen. Jen Day<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Under LB639, introduced by Omaha Sen. Jen Day, a school with an enrolled student who has a seizure disorder and requires medication must have at least one employee at each school building who is trained to recognize and respond to seizures and administer the medications.<\/p>\n

Before a school employee may administer seizure medication, a student\u2019s parent or guardian must provide a written authorization, a written statement from the student\u2019s doctor and the medication in its unopened, sealed package with the intact label affixed by the dispensing pharmacy.<\/p>\n

A parent or guardian also must collaborate with school employees to create a written, individualized health plan to acknowledge and prepare for the health care needs of a student diagnosed with a seizure disorder. Each student\u2019s seizure action plan must be distributed to any school personnel or volunteers responsible for them.<\/p>\n

A student must be allowed to possess the supplies, equipment and medication necessary to treat a seizure disorder if specified in the student\u2019s seizure action plan. <\/p>\n

LB639 also requires each certificated school employee to review seizure disorder materials at least once every two school years beginning in school year 2022-23.<\/p>\n

Finally, the bill requires the State Board of Education to develop requirements for school employee training programs, procedures for developing seizure action plans and the content of those plans.<\/p>\n

Senators voted 44-3 to pass LB639. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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