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Committees approve bill allowing trained volunteers to administer student medications with clarified prescriber language
Summary
Senate committees passed SB532 with amendments to permit school staff and agents who volunteer and are trained by specified licensed health professionals to administer prescribed medication to DOE students; the committees replaced the undefined term “licensed clinician” with “health care professional.”
Senate committees on Education and Health and Human Services voted to pass Senate Bill 532 with amendments that clarify who may train volunteers to administer medication in Department of Education schools and who may prescribe medications administered at school.
The amended bill allows school staff and agents who volunteer and are trained by a health care professional to administer certain prescribed medications under specific conditions. Heidi Armstrong, superintendent for the Department of Education, said the department stands on its written testimony in support. Ben Kalinski, a pediatric nurse practitioner with DOE’s school health section, explained current…
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