HB2949 - STATE COMPTROLLER-STATE FAIR

8 Co-Sponsors

Amends the Asthma Inhalers at Recreational Camps Act. Renames the Act the Emergency Asthma Inhalers and Allergy Treatment for Children Act. Defines "after-school care program". Adds after-school care programs to provisions regarding recreational camps. Provides that after-school care program personnel who have completed specified training may carry undesignated epinephrine injectors and administer an injection to a child in certain circumstances. Provides that after-school care personnel may also carry undesignated asthma medication and administer undesignated asthma medication to a child in certain circumstances. Provides that if after-school care program personnel administer an undesignated epinephrine injection to a person and the after-school care program personnel believe in good faith the person is having an anaphylactic reaction, or if they administer undesignated asthma medication to a person and believe in good faith the person is experiencing respiratory distress, then the after-school care program and its employees and agents, acting in accordance with standard protocols and the prescription, shall not incur liability or be subject to professional discipline, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a result of any injury arising from the use of the injection or medication, notwithstanding whether notice was given to or authorization was given by the child's parent or guardian or by specified medical professionals. Requires the after-school care personnel to inform the parents or guardians of the child, in writing, of the limited liability. Requires the parent or guardian to sign a statement acknowledging the limited liability and to also indemnify and hold harmless the after-school care program and its employees. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to actions filed on or after the amendatory Act’s effective date. Effective immediately.