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HB 121 SOL; includes severe allergic reaction awareness training.

Introduced by: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Board of Education; health education Standards of Learning; severe allergic reaction awareness training. Requires the Board of Education to include in the Standards of Learning for health education for grade nine and grade 10 an in-person or online severe allergic reaction awareness training that includes certain topics enumerated in the bill. The bill requires each school board to incorporate such severe allergic reaction awareness training into any health education instruction provided at grades nine and 10 beginning with the school year following the Board of Education's adoption of the revised Standards of Learning for health education for grades nine and 10 incorporating such severe allergic reaction awareness training and directs the Board to, in the intermediary time, develop and post on its website guidance documents for the purpose of making such severe allergic reaction awareness training available to school boards.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Board of Education; health education Standards of Learning; severe allergic reaction awareness training. Requires the Board of Education to include in the Standards of Learning for health education for grade nine and grade 10 an in-person or online severe allergic reaction awareness training that includes certain topics enumerated in the bill.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Public high school students; allergic reaction awareness training required. Requires each public high school student to complete, within three months of his initial enrollment, an in-person or online severe allergic reaction awareness training that includes the following content: (i) the definition of and distinction between normal allergic reaction and anaphylaxis; (ii) types of allergens, including common and less common allergens; (iii) the signs and symptoms of normal allergic reaction and anaphylaxis; (iv) treatments for anaphylaxis; and (v) the proper response to suspected anaphylaxis, including notifying the nearest staff member trained to respond to anaphylaxis and administer epinephrine.