SB 52 — Relating to the Alabama Safe at Schools Act; to add Section 16-30A-3.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975 and to amend Sections 16-30A-5 and 16-30A-7, Code of Alabama 1975; to include adrenal insufficiency as a condition for which the State Board of Education is required to develop guidelines to train school employees under the act; to authorize certain school employees to administer injectable medications to students with an adrenal insufficiency; and to require local boards of education to ensure that students with an adrenal insufficiency have their medical needs met and are not excluded from certain activities.
Last action — Enacted as 2023-75
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 07, 2023. Enacted.
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Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Education, Alabama Safe at Schools Act, certain school employees authorized to administer certain injectable medication related to adrenal insufficiency
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
150 added · 145 removedPlain-language change summary
The bill SB 52 has been updated to officially include "adrenal insufficiency" as a medical condition for which schools in Alabama must provide training for staff. Specifically, the legislation now requires the State Board of Education to create guidelines for administering injectable medications to students with this condition. This change is important because it ensures that students with adrenal insufficiency receive proper medical care while at school and can participate fully in school activities, potentially improving their health and well-being.
SB52 ENGROSSEDENROLLED HGMT38-2HGMT38-3 By Senator Orr RFD:
07-Mar-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 SB52 EngrossedEnrolled 2Enrolled, 4An 6Act, A3 BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the Alabama Safe at Schools Act;
Page 1 SB52 Engrossed (b) No later than the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Alabama Board of Nursing, shall develop guidelines for the training of school employees in the necessary care for students with medical needs related to an adrenal Page 1 SB52 Enrolled insufficiency according to the student's Individual Health Plan.
(2) Each local board of education shall ensure that Page 2 SB52 Engrossed each student in the school system with an adrenal insufficiency receives appropriate care as specified in his or her Individual Health Plan.
(d) No school employee shall be required to serve as an unlicensed medication assistant or be subject to any penalty Page 2 SB52 Enrolled or disciplinary action for refusing to serve as an unlicensed medication assistant.
"§16-30A-5 Page 3 SB52 Engrossed (a) The local board of education shall ensure that each student in the school or system with a diabetic condition or an adrenal insufficiency receives appropriate care as specified in his or her Individual Health Plan.
(b) The school nurse or a trained unlicensed medication Page 3 SB52 Enrolled assistant, to the extent required by the student's Individual Health Plan, shall be on site and available to provide care to each student with diabetes or an adrenal insufficiency during regular school hours and school-sponsored before school and after school care programs, during field trips, extended off-site excursions, extracurricular activities in which the student is a direct participant, and on buses when the bus driver is not a trained unlicensed medication assistant." "§16-30A-7 (a) For the purposes of this section, the term "medical condition" refers to a diabetic condition or an adrenal insufficiency.
A school system may not restrict a student who has diabetes a medical condition from attending any school on the basis that the Page 4 SB52 Engrossed student has diabetes of that medical condition, that the school does not have a full-time school nurse, or that the school does not have trained unlicensed medication assistants.
A student with diabetes a medical condition may participate in extracurricular and co-curricular activities to the same Page 4 SB52 Enrolled extent as a student without diabetes a medical condition.
Page 5 SB52 EngrossedEnrolled Senate________________________________________________ ReadPresident forand thePresiding firstOfficer timeof andthe referredSenate ................07-Mar-23________________________________________________ toSpeaker of the SenateHouse committeeof onRepresentatives EducationSB52 PolicySenate Read23-Mar-23 forI hereby certify that the secondwithin timeAct andoriginated placedin ................21-Mar-23and onpassed the calendar:Senate, as amended.
0 amendments Read for the third time and passed ................23-Mar-23 as amended Yeas 31 Nays 0 Abstains 0 Patrick Harris, Secretary.
PageHouse 6of Representatives Passed:
20-Apr-23 By:
Senator Orr Page 6
Amendments
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Action History
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Enrolled
Sponsors
- Arthur Orr · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (0)
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Not signed on (139)
139 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 101 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (102)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 85% | 0% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (34)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Greg J. Reed | — | Yea |
| Bobby D. Singleton | D | Yea |
| Kirk Hatcher | D | Not Voting |
| Linda Coleman-Madison | D | Yea |
| Merika Coleman | D | Not Voting |
| Robert Stewart | D | Yea |
| Rodger M. Smitherman | D | Yea |
| Vivian Davis Figures | D | Yea |
| William M. Beasley | D | Not Voting |
| Andrew Jones | R | Yea |
| April Weaver | R | Yea |
| Arthur Orr | R | Yea |
| Chris Elliott | R | Yea |
| Clyde Chambliss | R | Yea |
| Dan Roberts | R | Yea |
| David Sessions | R | Not Voting |
| Donnie Chesteen | R | Yea |
| Garlan Gudger | R | Yea |
| Gerald H. Allen | R | Yea |
| Greg Albritton | R | Yea |
| J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner | R | Yea |
| Jack W. Williams | R | Yea |
| Jay Hovey | R | Yea |
| Josh Carnley | R | Yea |
| Keith Kelley | R | Yea |
| Lance Bell | R | Yea |
| Larry Stutts | R | Yea |
| Randy Price | R | Yea |
| Sam Givhan | R | Yea |
| Shay Shelnutt | R | Yea |
| Steve Livingston | R | Yea |
| Tim Melson | R | Yea |
| Tom Butler | R | Not Voting |
| Will Barfoot | R | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 0% | 0% | 12% |
How each member voted (34)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Greg J. Reed | — | Yea |
| Bobby D. Singleton | D | Yea |
| Kirk Hatcher | D | Not Voting |
| Linda Coleman-Madison | D | Yea |
| Merika Coleman | D | Not Voting |
| Robert Stewart | D | Yea |
| Rodger M. Smitherman | D | Yea |
| Vivian Davis Figures | D | Yea |
| William M. Beasley | D | Not Voting |
| Andrew Jones | R | Yea |
| April Weaver | R | Yea |
| Arthur Orr | R | Yea |
| Chris Elliott | R | Yea |
| Clyde Chambliss | R | Yea |
| Dan Roberts | R | Yea |
| David Sessions | R | Not Voting |
| Donnie Chesteen | R | Yea |
| Garlan Gudger | R | Yea |
| Gerald H. Allen | R | Yea |
| Greg Albritton | R | Yea |
| J. T. 'Jabo' Waggoner | R | Yea |
| Jack W. Williams | R | Yea |
| Jay Hovey | R | Yea |
| Josh Carnley | R | Yea |
| Keith Kelley | R | Yea |
| Lance Bell | R | Yea |
| Larry Stutts | R | Yea |
| Randy Price | R | Yea |
| Sam Givhan | R | Yea |
| Shay Shelnutt | R | Yea |
| Steve Livingston | R | Yea |
| Tim Melson | R | Yea |
| Tom Butler | R | Yea |
| Will Barfoot | R | Yea |
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- What does SB 52 do?
- Education, Alabama Safe at Schools Act, certain school employees authorized to administer certain injectable medication related to adrenal insufficiency
- Who sponsors SB 52?
- SB 52 is sponsored by Arthur Orr (R).
- What is the current status of SB 52?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 07, 2023. Enacted.
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