B 25-0226 — Access to Emergency Albuterol and Glucagon Amendment Act of 2023 (now known as "Access to Emergency Medications Amendment Act of 2023")

ENGROSSEDENROLLED ORIGINAL AAN BILLACT 3_____________ 25-226 5 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7__________________________ _________________ 9 To amend the Student Access to Treatment Act of 2007 to require the Department of Health to develop and implement an Undesignated Emergency Medications Action Plan that would authorize public schools to possess and administer undesignated emergency medications determined by the Department of Health, to require the Department of Health to oversee the procurement and distribution of undesignated emergency medications and maintain records regarding the types and quantities of undesignated emergency medications to ensure an adequate supply, to require at least two2 employees or agents of each public school to be certified in the use of undesignated emergency medications, and to require the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to oversee school compliance with the employee certification requirement and provide schools with resources for the storage of undesignated medicationemergency medications and dissemination of public school employee contact information.

“(5B) “Undesignated emergency medication”medications” means:

and ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(C) Any other medication designated by the Department of Health by rule pursuant to section 13 that would be administered in emergency circumstances to a student without a prescription for that medication on file with the school.”.

Student access to undesignated emergency medications.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL “(a) By February 1, 2024, the Department of Health (“Department”) shall establish a UEMA plan that authorizes a public school to possess and administer undesignated emergency medications to students without prescriptions for those medications.

“(2) Ensure the removal and replacement of expired undesignated agencyemergency medicationmedications in a timely manner;

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(3) Monitor the supply of undesignated emergency medications and ensure sufficient supply is provided to public schools;

“(5) Maintain records regarding the procurement, distribution, and disposition of undesignated emergency medications for 3 years;

“(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “certified” means an individual who has obtained a certificate of completion of the Department’s medication administration training program pursuantestablished toby section 5.

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(e) OSSE shall:

“(2) Require any public school not in compliance to submit a plan outlining the steps the school willshall take to address the noncompliance;

ENROLLED ORIGINAL “(f)(1) An employee or agent of a public school who is certified pursuant to this section may administer an undesignated emergency medication to a student whom the employee or agent believes in good faith to immediately require the medication.

provided, that there remains a sufficient supply of the undesignated emergency medication in the school building.

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(3) Within one business day of administering an undesignated emergency medication to a student, the public school shall notify the Department, who shall in turn:

“(h) DCThe HealthDepartment shall develop a procedure by which the responsible person may request that the student not receive treatment in emergency circumstances.”.

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (a) AmendedAmendatory section 7(b) through (h) within section 2(b) shall apply upon the date of inclusion of its fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan.

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______________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 4