SB271: Schools for students with disabilities; administration of prescription medications.

Chief Patron

Creigh Deeds (D-25)
Served: 2001–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

03/27/2008: signed by governor

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01/08/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086259220
01/08/2008 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/24/2008 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/24/2008 Committee substitute printed 084083220-S1
01/25/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2008 Read second time
01/28/2008 Reading of substitute waived
01/28/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 084083220-S1
01/28/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB271S1
01/28/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB271S1)
01/29/2008 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2008 Communicated to House
02/12/2008 Placed on Calendar
02/12/2008 Read first time
02/12/2008 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
02/19/2008 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2008 Read second time
02/21/2008 Read third time
02/21/2008 Committee amendments agreed to
02/21/2008 Engrossed by House as amended
02/21/2008 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/21/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2008 House amendments rejected by Senate (3-Y 36-N) (see vote tally)
02/26/2008 House insisted on amendments
02/26/2008 House requested conference committee
02/28/2008 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2008 Conferees appointed by Senate
02/28/2008 Senators: Deeds, Blevins, Northam
02/29/2008 Conferees appointed by House
02/29/2008 Delegates: Abbitt, Nixon, BaCote
03/05/2008 Reading of conference report waived
03/05/2008 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2008 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N)
03/05/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (94-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2008 Enrolled
03/08/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB271ER)
03/08/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/10/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB271ER)
03/11/2008 Signed by President
03/12/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/12/2008 Signed by President
03/27/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 7/1/08)

Summary

Prescription medications; schools for students with disabilities. Allows a person employed in a school for students with disabilities licensed by the Board of Education to administer prescription medication to a student if the person (i) has satisfactorily completed a training program for this purpose approved by the Board of Nursing and taught by a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine, or pharmacist; (ii) has obtained written authorization from a parent or guardian; (iii) administers drugs only to the student identified on the prescription label in accordance with the prescriber's instructions pertaining to dosage, frequency, and manner of administration; and (iv) administers only those drugs that were dispensed from a pharmacy and maintained in the original, labeled container that would normally be administered by a parent or guardian to the student.

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