Bill > A1882

Introduced Session

This bill directs the school to obtain and properly maintain a standing order of ready-to-use undesignated glucagon rescue therapy. This bill also directs authorized school employees to administer the ready-to-use glucagon to a student experiencing severe hypoglycemia. Ready-to-use glucagon rescue therapy is used to treat someone experiencing severe hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia occurs when a person experiences an abnormally low blood sugar level and is categorized by level of severity, expressed as mild, moderate, or severe hypoglycemia. Failure to treat severe hypoglycemia can lead to unconsciousness, seizures, critical brain damage, and possibly death. In 2019, about 29 million Americans had diabetes; approximately 244,000 of them were children and adolescents. People with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes who are treated with insulin are at the highest risk of experiencing a hypoglycemic event. Severe hypoglycemia is the most immediate danger to children with diabetes. Having a ready-to-use undesignated glucagon rescue therapy available to school employees would provide treatment to a student experiencing severe hypoglycemia. This bill would create access to glucagon rescue therapies for any student with diabetes while the student is in the care of school.

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Sterley Stanley (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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