Plain English Breakdown
The official text does not specify the exact effective date of the law, only that it was chaptered in October 2025.
Allowing Adult Day Programs to Give Emergency Seizure Medicine
This law lets licensed adult day programs allow administrators or authorized volunteers to give emergency nose spray medicine to clients with seizures if the client has a prescription and signed permission.
What This Bill Does
- Allows an administrator or authorized volunteer in a licensed facility to give intranasal antiseizure medication during a seizure emergency, but only after receiving a request from the client or their representative who has been prescribed this medicine.
- Requires the State Department of Social Services to set minimum training standards by January 1, 2028.
- Prohibits giving the medicine unless there is a written seizure action plan that includes signed permission allowing nonmedical professionals to respond with emergency medication.
- Requires facilities to keep a description in the client's file explaining how they will ensure safety if no trained person is present during a seizure.
- Protects volunteers, trainers, and others acting without pay from lawsuits or criminal charges if they act in good faith.
Who It Names or Affects
- Adult day programs licensed by the state
- Clients with seizures, epilepsy, or seizure disorders who use these programs and have been prescribed intranasal emergency medication
- Facility administrators and authorized volunteers
- The State Department of Social Services
Terms To Know
- Intranasal emergency antiseizure medication
- Medicine given through the nose to stop a seizure quickly.
- Seizure action plan
- A written document that lists steps to take and includes signed permission for nonmedical staff to give emergency medicine during a seizure.
- Indemnification
- Legal protection where the facility pays for defense costs if someone sues the volunteer or staff member.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law does not state an effective date, only that training standards must be ready by January 1, 2028.
- Medicine cannot be given unless there is a specific written plan and signed permission for each client.