Bill Text: OR SB611 | 2013 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to severe allergies; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-02 - Effective date, July 1, 2013. [SB611 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB611-Engrossed.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .

LC 3154

                           A-Engrossed

                         Senate Bill 611
                 Ordered by the Senate March 22
           Including Senate Amendments dated March 22

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.

  Directs State Board of Education to adopt rules for
administration of premeasured doses of epinephrine and to adopt
guidelines for management of students with life-threatening food
allergies. Directs school district boards to adopt policies and
procedures based on rules   { - and guidelines - }  adopted by
State Board of Education.
    { - Directs Oregon Health Authority to establish registration
system to authorize public and private entities to store multiple
premeasured doses of epinephrine. - }
   { +  Allows entity that employs specified persons to acquire
premeasured doses of epinephrine for administration in emergency
situation. + }
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2013.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to severe allergies; amending ORS 339.867, 339.869 and
  433.825; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 339.867 is amended to read:
  339.867. As used in ORS 339.869 and 339.870, 'medication '
means   { - noninjectable - }  medication { +  that is not
injected, except for premeasured doses of epinephrine that are
injected + }.
  SECTION 2. ORS 339.869 is amended to read:
  339.869. (1) The State Board of Education, in consultation with
the Oregon Health Authority, the Oregon State Board of Nursing
and the State Board of Pharmacy, shall adopt { + :
  (a) + } Rules for the administration of prescription and
nonprescription medication to students by trained school
personnel and for student self-medication. The rules shall
include age appropriate guidelines and training requirements for
school personnel.
   { +  (b) Rules for the administration of premeasured doses of
epinephrine by school personnel trained as provided by ORS
433.815 to any student or other individual on school premises who
the personnel believe in good faith is experiencing a severe
allergic reaction, regardless of whether the student or
individual has a prescription for epinephrine.
  (c) Guidelines for the management of students with
life-threatening food allergies, which must include:
  (A) Standards for the education and training of school
personnel to manage students with life-threatening allergies.
  (B) Procedures for responding to life-threatening allergic
reactions.
  (C) A process for the development of individualized health care
and allergy plans for every student with a known life-threatening
allergy.
  (D) Protocols for preventing exposures to allergens. + }
  (2) { + (a) + } School district boards shall adopt policies and
procedures that provide for { + :
  (A) + } The administration of prescription and nonprescription
medication to students by trained school personnel   { - and
for - }  { + ;
  (B)  + }Student self-medication  { - . - }  { + ; and
  (C) The administration of premeasured doses of epinephrine to
students and other individuals.
  (b) + }   { - Such - }  Policies and procedures  { + adopted
under paragraph (a) of this subsection + } shall be consistent
with the rules adopted by the State Board of Education under
subsection (1) of this section. A school district board shall not
require school personnel who have not received appropriate
training to administer medication.
  SECTION 3. ORS 433.825 is amended to read:
  433.825. (1) { + (a) + } A person who has successfully
completed educational training described in ORS 433.815 for
severe allergic responses may receive from any health care
professional with appropriate prescriptive privileges licensed
under ORS chapter 677 or 678 in this state a prescription for
premeasured doses of epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia
for administration.
   { +  (b) An entity that employs a person described in
paragraph (a) of this subsection may acquire premeasured doses of
epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia for administration in
accordance with paragraph (c) of this subsection. A health care
practitioner with appropriate prescriptive privileges licensed
under ORS chapter 677 or 678 may write a prescription for
premeasured doses of epinephrine and the necessary paraphernalia
in the name of an entity that employs a person described in
paragraph (a) of this subsection.
  (c)  + }  { - The - }   { + A + } person  { + described in
paragraph (a) of this subsection + } may possess and
administer { + , + } in an emergency situation when a licensed
health care professional is not immediately available { + , + }
 { - such - }  prescribed epinephrine to any person suffering a
severe allergic response.
  (2) A person who has successfully completed educational
training in the administration of glucagon as described in ORS
433.815 for hypoglycemia may receive from the parent or guardian
of a student doses of glucagon prescribed by a health care
professional with appropriate prescriptive privileges licensed
under ORS chapter 677 or 678 in this state, as well as the
necessary paraphernalia for administration. The person may
possess and administer glucagon to the student for whom the
glucagon is prescribed, if the student is suffering a severe
hypoglycemic reaction in an emergency situation when a licensed
health care professional is not immediately available and other
treatment has failed or cannot be initiated.
  SECTION 4.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect July 1,
2013. + }
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