New Hampshire SB 433: establishing the seizure safe schools act.

Bill Text

SB 433-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2017

 12/09

SENATE BILL 433-FN

AN ACT establishing the seizure safe schools act.

SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Rochefort, Dist 1; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Telerski, Hills. 11

COMMITTEE: Education

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires schools to train at least 2 personnel in recognizing the symptoms of seizures and the administration of seizure rescue medication in the event a seizure occurs at school. Parent or guardian permission is required for the administration of seizure rescue medicine. The bill also establishes a seizure education program in public schools.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2017

 12/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT establishing the seizure safe schools act.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Subdivision; Seizure Action Plans. Amend RSA 200 by inserting after section 41 the following new subdivision: 

Seizure Action Plans

 200:41-a Title. This subdivision shall be known and may be cited as the "Seizure Safe Schools Act". 

 200:41-b Definitions. In this subdivision, "seizure action plan" means a written, individualized health plan designed to acknowledge and prepare for the health care needs of a student diagnosed with a seizure disorder. 

 200:41-c Training. Every public, charter, and private school shall provide up to 75 minutes of training, in person or online, every 2 years to principals, guidance counselors, athletic directors, teachers, and other relevant school personnel with direct contact and supervision of children on the recognition of signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps for seizure first aid. 

 I. By the 2026-27 school year, the board of each public school district and the governing body of each private school or charter school shall have at least 2 school employees at each school who have met the training requirements necessary to:

 (a) Administer or assist with the self-administration of: 

 (1) A seizure rescue medication or medication prescribed to treat seizure disorder symptoms as approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or any successor agency; and

 (2) A manual dose of prescribed electrical stimulation using a vagus nerve stimulator magnet as approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or any successor agency; and

 (b) Recognize the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to these symptoms.

 II. The presence of a full-time school nurse shall serve as one of the school employees required under paragraph I of this section.

 III. The training under this section may count toward the continuing education hours required for school personnel. 

 IV. Notwithstanding any state agency requirement or other law to the contrary, for the purposes of training, a school district may use any adequate and appropriate training programs or guidelines for training of school personnel in the seizure disorder protocols covered under this subdivision.

 200:41-d Administration. Before a seizure rescue medication can be administered to a student to treat seizure disorder symptoms, the student’s parent or legal guardian shall: 

 I. Provide the school with written or electronic authorization to administer the medication at school;

 II. Provide a written statement from the student’s healthcare provider that shall contain the following information: 

 (a) The student’s name;

 (b) The name and purpose of the medication;

 (c) The prescribed dosage;

 (d) The route of administration;

 (e) The frequency that the medication should be administered; and

 (f) The circumstances under which the medication should be administered;

 III. Provide the prescribed medication to the school in its unopened, sealed package with the label affixed by the dispensing pharmacy intact. The school shall store the medication under paragraph III of this section in a safe and secure location accessible only by school personnel or volunteers with training to administer seizure medication; and

 IV. Collaborate with school personnel to create a seizure action plan.

 200:41-e Authorization to Administer Seizure Rescue Medication.

 I.