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HB0165 • 2020

School nursing-state school nurse.

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the state superintendent of public instruction to employ a state school nurse; specifying duties of the state school nurse; authorizing a position subject to conditions; requiring reports; providing a sunset date; and providing for effective dates.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Wilson
Last action
2020-03-17
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details about how non-state funding will be secured or the exact nature of training materials developed by the state school nurse. The effectiveness of these measures in improving student health services is also uncertain.

School Nursing-State School Nurse

This law creates a state school nurse position to help schools with health issues and requires reports on nursing challenges.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a state school nurse position that can be funded by non-state money only, contingent on its availability.
  • The state superintendent hires the state school nurse who helps develop training materials for other nurses, writes or obtains standing orders for medication administration, and advises districts on health issues like behavioral health needs, disease prevention, substance abuse, and bullying.
  • Requires the state school nurse to collect data from schools about medical and behavioral health diagnoses while protecting student privacy.
  • The state superintendent must report annually to committees about cost-effective outcomes related to nursing challenges.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School districts that receive non-state funding for a state school nurse position.
  • Students who may benefit from improved health services in schools.

Terms To Know

nonstate funds
Money from sources other than the government, like donations or grants.
standing orders
Pre-approved instructions for giving medicine to students when a doctor isn't available.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The position of state school nurse will end on July 1, 2026.
  • It is not clear how much non-state funding will be available or if it will continue beyond the current timeframe.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0165HS001

Standing Committee • House Education Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to allow for more flexibility in hiring a state school nurse by removing specific requirements and replacing them with recommendations.

  • Changes 'an advanced practice' to 'a', allowing for broader qualifications when hiring a state school nurse.
  • Replaces 'requirements' with 'recommendations' regarding the duties of the state school nurse, making it less restrictive.
  • Changes 'write' to 'obtain', indicating that instead of creating new policies, the state superintendent will gather existing recommendations.
  • The amendment text does not provide full context about what specific requirements or policies were removed, so some details are unclear.
HB0165S2001

2nd reading • Senator Ellis

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment removes the word 'treatment' from a section of HB0165 that discusses cost-effectiveness.

  • Removes the word 'treatment' after 'cost-effective'.
  • It is unclear what specific impact removing 'treatment' will have on the overall meaning or implementation of the bill.
HB0165SS001

Standing Committee • Senate Appropriations Committee

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the bill to require annual reports on school nursing outcomes, add a sunset clause for certain sections, and make other minor edits.

  • Adds requirements for annual reporting by the state superintendent to education committees about progress in achieving treatment outcomes set by the state school nurse.
  • Deletes specific lines that describe duties of the state school nurse, likely simplifying or reorganizing those responsibilities.
  • Inserts a sunset clause that repeals certain sections on July 1, 2026.
  • The exact details of what is deleted and how it affects the overall duties of the state school nurse are not fully explained in this amendment text.

Bill History

  1. 2020-03-17 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 125

  2. 2020-03-17 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0085

  3. 2020-03-12 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0085

  4. 2020-03-12 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0085

  5. 2020-03-12 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0085

  6. 2020-03-12 House

    H Concur:Passed 44-15-1-0-0

  7. 2020-03-12 House

    H Received for Concurrence

  8. 2020-03-11 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 19-10-1-0-0

  9. 2020-03-11 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Bill Reconsideration Motion Passed by Roll Call 19-9-2-0-0

  10. 2020-03-11 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Failed 14-15-1-0-0

  11. 2020-03-10 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  12. 2020-03-09 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  13. 2020-03-05 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  14. 2020-03-05 Senate

    S02 - Appropriations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  15. 2020-03-02 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S02 - Appropriations

  16. 2020-02-28 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  17. 2020-02-27 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 43-15-2-0-0

  18. 2020-02-26 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  19. 2020-02-25 House

    H COW:Passed

  20. 2020-02-24 House

    H Placed on General File

  21. 2020-02-24 House

    H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0

  22. 2020-02-24 House

    H04 - Education:Rerefer to H02 - Appropriations

  23. 2020-02-24 House

    H Placed on General File

  24. 2020-02-24 House

    H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  25. 2020-02-14 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education 49-8-3-0-0

  26. 2020-02-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  27. 2020-02-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0323
Bill No.:

HB0165

Effective:

Multiple Dates

LSO No.:

20LSO-0323

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0085

Chapter No.:

125

Prime Sponsor:

Wilson

Catch Title:

School nursing-state school nurse.

Subject:

Creation of a state school nurse position.

Summary/Major Elements:

The bill creates the position of state school nurse which is contingent on the availability of nonstate funding. The state superintendent shall solicit nonstate funds for the position and the nurse may be an employee within the Department of Education or an at-will contractor. The provisions are repealed effective July 1, 2026.

The bill creates duties for the state school nurse which include developing best practice standards for school nursing, identifying professional development needs, developing training materials and assisting the superintendent create materials to provide recommendations to districts on behavioral health needs, disease prevention, substance abuse prevention, and bullying prevention. The bill also allows the nurse to advise district boards of trustees upon request on a specified program, write or obtain standing orders for medication administration for specified students and provide information to school nurses on public health issues.

The bill requires the state school nurse to maintain aggregated data on specified diagnoses and nursing challenges in a manner that protects student confidentiality.

The bill also requires the state school nurse to determine consistent cost-effective outcomes, collect and maintain data relating to cost-effective outcomes and report the same to the Joint Education Interim Committee and the Joint Appropriations Committee annually.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
20LSO-0323

ORIGINAL House

ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0165

ENROLLED ACT NO. 85,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the state superintendent of public instruction to employ a state school nurse; specifying duties of the state school nurse; authorizing a position subject to conditions; requiring reports; providing a sunset date; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 21
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202(a) by creating new paragraphs (xxxviii), (xxxix) and by creating a new subsection (g) is amended to read:

21
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202.

Duties of the state superintendent.

(a)

In addition to any other duties assigned by law, the state superintendent shall:

(xxxviii)

When nonstate funds are received by the department of education that provide for one hundred percent (100%) of the cost, the state superintendent may hire the state school nurse as an at
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will contract employee or may contract for nursing services to carry out the duties assigned under this paragraph. The state school nurse shall hold a Wyoming license as a registered nurse. The state school nurse shall:

(A)

Identify professional development needs for Wyoming school nurses, with focus on caring for students with behavioral health needs and chronic diseases and make available training resources to meet the professional development needs identified;

(B)

In consultation with the state health officer and the district boards of trustees, write or
obtain standing orders for medication administration or treatment for students without a primary care physician who have urgent needs during the school day;

(C)

Assist the superintendent in drafting recommendations for school district use to help facilitate care for behavioral health needs, enhance collaboration among school district personnel and community medical and behavioral health providers, and to prevent disease, substance abuse and bullying;

(D)

Provide information to school nurses and school district boards of trustees on public health issues;

(E)

In a manner to maintain student confidentiality, collect aggregated data from school districts on medical and behavioral health diagnoses, vision and hearing impairment, special education needs, and other nursing challenges that impact schools and students. The state superintendent, in consultation with the board of nursing, shall determine consistent, cost
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effective outcomes that can be achieved through the requirements of the state school nurse as provided in this paragraph. The state superintendent shall use the data collected to determine progress toward and success of achieving the outcomes identified in this subparagraph. The state superintendent shall report annually to the joint education interim committee and the joint appropriations committee on the progress toward achieving the identified outcomes;

(F)

In consultation with the board of nursing, develop best practice standards for school nursing;

(G)

At the request of district boards of trustees, advise on the child sexual abuse education, prevention and response program under W.S. 21
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133.

(xxxix)

Solicit nonstate funds for costs associated with the position of the state school nurse.

(g)

Paragraphs (a)(xxxviii) and (xxxix) of this section are repealed July 1, 2026.

Section 2.

The department of education is authorized one (1) at
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will contract employee position or may contract for nursing services in accordance with W.S. 21
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202(a)(xxxviii), as created by this act, contingent on the availability of nonstate funds.

Any nonstate funds that become available for the purposes of W.S. 21
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202(a)(xxxviii), as created by this act, shall be accepted through the B
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11 process as authorized by W.S. 9
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1005(b)(ii) and (g) and reported pursuant to W.S. 9
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1013(b). It is the intent of the legislature that this position and the associated funds be included in the department of education's 2023
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2024 exception budget request.

Section 3.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2020.

(b)

Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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