Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 772
Ì150338+Î150338
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
03/17/2025 .
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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Calatayud) recommended
the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 66 - 107
4 and insert:
5 1. As used in this paragraph, the term:
6 a. “Authorized health care practitioner” means a physician
7 licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, a physician assistant
8 licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, or an advanced
9 practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 464.
10 b. “Participating school” means a public school which
11 maintains a supply of undesignated glucagon pursuant to this
12 paragraph.
13 c. “Undesignated glucagon” means a glucagon rescue therapy
14 approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration that
15 does not require reconstitution for the treatment of severe
16 hypoglycemia in a dosage form that can be rapidly administered
17 to the patient in an emergency, including prefilled injectable
18 or nasally administered glucagon, and is prescribed in the name
19 of a public school or school district pursuant to this
20 paragraph.
21 2. A school district may not restrict the assignment of a
22 student who has diabetes to a particular school on the basis
23 that the student has diabetes, that the school does not have a
24 full-time school nurse, or that the school does not have trained
25 diabetes personnel. Diabetic students whose parent and physician
26 provide their written authorization to the school principal may
27 carry diabetic supplies and equipment on their person and attend
28 to the management and care of their diabetes while in school,
29 participating in school-sponsored activities, or in transit to
30 or from school or school-sponsored activities to the extent
31 authorized by the parent and physician and within the parameters
32 set forth by State Board of Education rule. The written
33 authorization must identify the diabetic supplies and equipment
34 that the student is authorized to carry and must describe the
35 activities the child is capable of performing without
36 assistance, such as performing blood-glucose level checks and
37 urine ketone testing, administering insulin through the insulin
38 delivery system used by the student, and treating hypoglycemia
39 and hyperglycemia.
40 a. The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the
41 Department of Health, shall adopt rules to encourage every
42 school in which a student with diabetes is enrolled to have
43 personnel trained in routine and emergency diabetes care. The
44 State Board of Education, in cooperation with the Department of
45 Health, shall also adopt rules for the management and care of
46 diabetes by students in schools that include provisions to
47 protect the safety of all students from the misuse or abuse of
48 diabetic supplies or equipment.
49 b. A school district, county health department, and public
50 private partner, and the employees and volunteers of those
51 entities, shall be indemnified by the parent of a student
52 authorized to carry diabetic supplies or equipment for any
53 liability with respect to the student’s use of such supplies and
54 equipment pursuant to this paragraph.
55 3. A school district or public school may acquire and
56 maintain a supply of undesignated glucagon for the purpose of
57 treating a student with diabetes experiencing a hypoglycemic
58 emergency. Undesignated glucagon must be stored in a secure
59 location on the school’s premises that is immediately accessible
60 to a school nurse or other school personnel trained to
61 administer glucagon pursuant to this paragraph. Undesignated
62 glucagon must be stored in accordance with the manufacturer’s
63 instructions.
64 a. A school district or public school may acquire and stock
65 a supply of glucagon from a wholesale distributor as defined in
66 s. 499.003 or may enter into an arrangement with a wholesale
67 distributor or manufacturer as defined in s. 499.003 for
68 glucagon at fair market, free, or reduced prices pursuant to a
69 prescription issued in accordance with this section.
70 b. A school district or public school may accept donated or
71 transferred glucagon if it is new, unexpired, manufacturer
72 sealed, not subject to recall, unadulterated, and in compliance
73 with relevant regulations adopted by the United States Food and
74 Drug Administration. A school district or public school may also
75 obtain monetary donations or apply for grants to purchase
76 glucagon.
77 c. A school district or public school may request a
78 prescription for glucagon from a county health department.
79 4. An authorized health care practitioner may prescribe
80 glucagon in the name of a school district or public school for
81 use in accordance with this section, and a licensed pharmacist
82 may dispense glucagon pursuant to a prescription issued in the
83 name of a school district or public school for use in accordance
84 with this paragraph.
85 5. A participating school shall make available undesignated
86 glucagon that is able to be administered as ordered in a
87 student’s diabetes medical management plan or health care
88 practitioner’s orders.
89 6. A school nurse or trained school personnel shall
90 administer glucagon to students only if such school nurse or
91 trained school personnel has successfully completed training and
92 believe in good faith that the student is experiencing a
93 hypoglycemic emergency.
94 7. Immediately after undesignated glucagon has been
95 administered to a student, an employee of the public school
96 shall call for emergency assistance, notify the school nurse,
97 and notify the student’s parent or guardian or emergency
98 contact.
99 8. The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the
100 Department of Health, shall adopt rules to implement the
101 provisions of this paragraph.
102 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
103 contrary, a school nurse or school personnel of a school
104 district trained in the administration of glucagon who
105 administers or attempts to administer glucagon in compliance
106 with this section and s. 768.13 and the school district that
107 employs the school nurse or the trained school personnel are
108 immune from civil or criminal liability as a result of such
109 administration or attempted administration of glucagon.
110 10.a. An authorized health care practitioner, acting in
111 good faith and exercising reasonable care, is not subject to
112 discipline or other adverse action under any professional
113 licensure statute or rule and is immune from any civil or
114 criminal liability as a result of prescribing glucagon in
115 accordance with this section.
116 b. A dispensing health care practitioner or pharmacist,
117 acting in good faith and exercising reasonable care, is not
118 subject to discipline or other adverse action under any
119 professional licensure statute or rule and is immune from any
120 civil or criminal liability as a result of dispensing glucagon
121 in accordance with this section.
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124 And the title is amended as follows:
125 Delete lines 3 - 20
126 and insert:
127 amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting
128 a school district from restricting the assignment of a
129 student to a particular school for specified reasons;
130 authorizing diabetic students to carry diabetic
131 supplies with certain written authorization; providing
132 requirements for the written authorization; requiring
133 the State Board of Education, in cooperation with the
134 Department of Health, to adopt rules; providing
135 indemnity for specified entities for all liability
136 related to a student’s use of diabetic supplies;
137 authorizing a school district or public school to
138 acquire and maintain a supply of undesignated
139 glucagon; requiring that undesignated glucagon be
140 stored in a secure location that is immediately
141 accessible; authorizing a school district or public
142 school to enter into arrangements with a manufacturer
143 or supplier to obtain glucagon free of charge or at a
144 fair market or reduced price; authorizing a school
145 district or public school to accept donated or
146 transferred glucagon that meets certain requirements;
147 authorizing a school district or public school to
148 obtain monetary donations or apply for grants to
149 purchase glucagon; authorizing a school district or
150 public school to request a prescription for glucagon
151 from a county health department; authorizing a
152 licensed health care practitioner to prescribe
153 glucagon in the name of a school district or public
154 school; authorizing a licensed pharmacist to dispense
155 glucagon pursuant to such prescription; requiring a
156 participating school to make available undesignated
157 glucagon to be administered as ordered in a student’s
158 diabetes medical management plan or health care
159 practitioner’s orders; requiring an employee to call
160 for emergency assistance and provide parental
161 notification after the administration of glucagon;
162 requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules;
163 providing certain persons and entities with immunity
164 from civil and criminal liability under certain
165 circumstances; providing an effective date.