From the ECS State Policy Database Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Proposed Federal Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Acts of 2011 and 2012 A.J.R. 24 Urges the state's congressional delegation to sign on as cosponsors of, and requests that Congress and the president enact, the proposed fed... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Family Resource Centers & School-Based Health Clinics S.B. 458 (Sec. 8) Directs the education commissioner to establish at least 10 new family resource centers and at least 20 new or expanded school-base... More... NE Vetoed 04/2012 P-12 Coordinated School Health Act L.B. 1020 Adopts the Nebraska Coordinated School Health Act. Provides for the state department to award grants to districts for the establishment of s... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School Nurse Programs S.B. 183 Permits local boards' school health nurse programs to include consulation with offsite health care professionals through appropriate protoco... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Funding for School Health Nurse Programs S.B. 403 Includes school nurses in state funding formula based on full-time equivalent student counts. Requires one nurse for every 750 full-time equ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 School-Based Health Centers A.J.R. 10 From bill summary: Memorializes the legislature's support for the school-based health center program authorized by the federal Patient Prote... More... NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 School Nurses H.B. 200 - School Nurses Directs the fiscal research division, in consultation with the department of public instruction and the department of health and human servi... More... OH Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School Nurses H.B. 30 - School Nurses Repeals provision directing the superintendent of public instruction, when adopting expenditure and reporting standards, to include standard... More... ME Issued 10/2010 P-12 School-Based H1N1 Vaccination Clinics E.O. 05 FY 11/12 Directs the director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency to coordinate with the department of health and human services, Maine Center f... More... DC Adopted 07/2010 P-12 Health and Wellness LB 18-564 - Health and Wellness Requires public schools and charter schools to provide health education to students in grades K-8. Requires schools to collaborate with pare... More... MO Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Health H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions This bill: (1) exempts unqualified school district employees refusing to administer medication or medical services from disciplinary action ... More... NE Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 School-Based Health Centers L.B. 1106 From the fiscal note: Allows school-based health centers to be Medicaid providers. School-based health services may include medical health, ... More... WI Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. School Nurses, Medication Administration S.B. 414 Relates to school nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils; requires nurses to meet the qualifications for school nurses; includes a... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School Nurse and Wellness Coordinator Licenses H.B. 1 - Section 3319.221 Directs the state board to establish by rule the requirements for earning a school nurse license and a school nurse wellness coordinator lic... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School Health Services Advisory Council H.B. 1 - Section 3319.70 and 3319.71 Establishes the school health services advisory council. Establishes membership. Provides the duties of the council are to make recommendati... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Nurses H.B. 2693 Establishes standards for number of licensed nurses or school nurses required for number of students based on health needs of students; appr... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Funding Adjustments for School Safety Plans, School Nurses, Transportation, and Energy Efficiency A.B. 75 Adds 121.91 (4) (L). Defines "local law enforcement agency". Provides additional funding if a local board and local law enforcement agency (... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Student health S.B. 564 Specifies that a school health center may conduct routine physical health, mental health, or oral health assessments, and provide for any se... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Health Services in a Family Resource or Youth Services Center H.B. 640 As funding becomes available, authorizes a supplemental grant program to fund the employment of a licensed physician or nurse to provide hea... More... NE Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Funding for School-Based Health Clinics L.B. 469 Allows funding from the Health Care Cash Fund to be used for school-based health clinics (formerly prohibited). http://uniweb.legislature.n... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 School Nurses S.B. 2905 Clarifies that in nonpublic schools the school nurse would be required to recruit and train volunteer designees to administer epinephrine to... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 School Health Center Act S.B. 715 Creates the School Health Center Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to initiate 20 new school health centers over a five-year pe... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Task Force on School Nurses H.B. 2773 Creates a Task Force on School Nurses to study the availability of nursing services in schools and the feasibility of expanding existing ser... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Physical Examinations A.B. 354 Requires a physical examination before the completion of the first year of enrollment in elementary school. Requires examinations of height ... More... HI Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School Health Aides S.B. 98 Repeals the transfer from the department of health to the department of education those public health nurses who supervise the school health... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 H.B. 1116 Requires an individual to have training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, removing obstructions to a person's airway and the Heimlich maneuv... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Guidance and Counseling Programs S.F. 277 (Section 4) Beginning July 1, 2007, requires every school district to have a qualified guidance counselor licensed by the board of educational examiners... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Waivers from Certain Staffing Requirements S.F. 277 (Section 5 and 8) Section 5: Strikes and rewrites section 256.11A. Authorizes the board of directors of a school district to file a request by August 1, 2007 ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 HPV Vaccine in School-Based Clinics S.B. 1174 Relates to health care; provides for the Human Papillomavirus vaccine in school-based clinics. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regula... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School Nurse Program H.B. 1132 Establishes and provides funding for a school nurse program under department of education, run by the office of healthy schools. Specifies n... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 School Health Centers A.B. 2560 Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program to perform a specified functions relat... More... MO Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Prefilled Epinephrine Syringes H.B. 1245 Authorizes school nurses to keep on hand and adminster prefilled syringes of epinephrine in specified dosage strengths. Provides that when t... More... CO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School-based Health Clinics H.B. 1396 Creates a grant program in the prevention services division of the department of public health and environment for the purpose of providing ... More... NY Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Using school space to improve student access to health S.B. 5352 Provides for the utilization of school space to improve student access to health, dental and mental health clinic services through interagen... More... SC Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards H.B. 3499 Adds Chapter 10, entitled Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards. Applies to elementary schools. Sets the amo... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Health Services Authorization Affidavit A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) Section 12: Existing law deems a pupil to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pu... More... NY Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 School Health Services A.B. 11317 Relates to the provision of school health services; requires school health services shall be provided by each school district for all studen... More... AL Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Governor's Commission on Education Spending Executive Order No. 02-2003 The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commissio... More... AL Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Delegation by School Nurses AAC 610-X-6-.06 Establishes rules reducing the minimum training hours for unlicensed school personnel from 24 to 12 in order for the school nurse to delegat... More... CT Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 School Nurses and Medication in Schools H.B. 5429 Requires each local regional board of education that allows a school or other licensed nurse to administer medicine or that allows a student... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 School Nurses H.B. 1141 Relates to school nurses; provides for an appropriate school nurse- to-student ratio to effectively meet the health care needs of school chi... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 School Nurse H.B. 1070 Requires one full time or the proportionate share of one full time school nurse in each school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpro... More... DE Rule Adoption 10/2003 P-12 Certification School Nurse 14 DAC 1580 Amends regulation 380 and moves it to regulation 1580, Certification School Nurse. Complies with changes in statute regarding licensure and ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Emergency Medical Services: Diabetes A.B. 942 Authorizes a school district, in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse, to provide voluntary emergency medical ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Emergency Pilot Program to Assist Public School H.B. 528 Authorizes implementation of a pilot program to train and certify school medication aides to assist public school students with medication; ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Primary Care Centers In Schools H.B. 328 Authorizes a not-for-profit primary care center which is a participant in the State Patient Access and Care System of the Department for Med... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Special Needs Children and the State School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council H.B. 1386 Renames State Coordinating Countil for Residential Placement of Handicapped Children as State Coordinating Council for Children. Adds Maryl... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council H.B. 1163 Codifies the School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council; provides for membership, chairman, purpose, duties; provides for creation w... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Full Time Nurses In Schools H.B. 284 Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for full time registered nurses for the State's public schools and for a grant to the Organ D... More... TN Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Coordinated Health Program H.B. 674 Provides for coordinated school health program; requires program to include, but not be limited to, school nurses, health education, school ... More...