SB 376-1_ Filed 02/08/2001, 09:51

COMMITTEE REPORT

MR. PRESIDENT:

    The Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 376, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said bill be AMENDED as follows:

SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (01)CR037601.1. -->     Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 20-8.1-5.1-0.5; (01)CR037601.1. -->     "SECTION 1. IC 20-8.1-5.1-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine under IC 25-22.5.".
SOURCE: Page 1, line 12; (01)CR037601.1. -->     Page 1, line 12, delete "certification" and insert " statement".
    Page 1, delete lines 13 through 16, begin a new line block indented and insert:
        " (2) A physician states in writing that:
            (A) the student has an acute or chronic disease or medical condition for which the physician has prescribed medication;
            (B) the student has been instructed in how to self-administer the medication; and
            (C) the nature of the disease or medical condition requires emergency administration of the medication.
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    Page 1, line 17, delete "certification" and insert " statement".
    Page 2, after line 1, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 20-8.1-7-22; (01)CR037601.3. -->     "SECTION 3. IC 20-8.1-7-22 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA

CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 22. (a) This section does not apply to medication possessed by a student for self-administration under IC 20-8.1-5.1-7.5.
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), a school corporation may not send home with a student medication that is possessed by a school for administration during school hours or at school functions.
    (c) Medication that is possessed by a school for administration during school hours or at school functions for a student in grades kindergarten through grade 8 may be released only to:
        (1) the student's parent; or
        (2) an individual who is:
            (A) at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
            (B) designated in writing by the student's parent to receive the medication.
    (d) A school corporation may send home medication that is possessed by a school for administration during school hours or at school functions with a student in grades 9 through 12 if the student's parent provides written permission for the student to receive the medication.
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    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to SB 376 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0.

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    Miller
Chairperson


CR037601/DI 98    2001