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SB 225

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Education - Public and Nonpublic Schools - Seizure Action Plans (Brynleigh's Act)

Sponsor: Karen Lewis Young (District 3)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 1/20 at 3:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a county board of education and authorizing a nonpublic school, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, to require two school employees to be trained in recognizing the signs and symptoms of a seizure, administering first aid, and administering or assisting with the administration of seizure medication and performing manual vagus nerve stimulation; authorizing a certain registered nurse to serve as a certain trained school employee; providing a certain employee is immune from civil liability under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (17)

MGA witness list
FAV 13FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 1Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMargolis, LeslielobbyistDisability Rights MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVRoudebush, AbbeyEpilepsy FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVLondon, RachelMaryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVWard, LindsayNational Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Chesapeake ChapterWritten (PDF)
FAVDiBitetto, LaurenParent of student with EpilepsyOral
FAVKasemeyer, PamSchwartz, Metz & Wise, P.A.Written (PDF)
FAVShillinger, LaurenTS Alliance MD/Parent Volunteer Epilepsy Foundation MDOral
FAVBriemann, DianaTeacherOral
FAVSmith, KatieTuberous Sclerosis AllianceWritten (PDF)
FAVBriemann, DianaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDiBitetto, LaurenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Young, Senator YounglegislatorIndividualPosition only
FAVShillinger , LaurenIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWoolums, JohnlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAGorman, KristyMaryland Association of School Health NursesOral + Written (PDF)
FWAFrey, LeslieMontgomery CountyWritten (PDF)
FWAElliott, RobynlobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMargolis, LeslieDisability Rights MarylandRegistered for: Disability Rights Maryland
UNFWoolums, JohnRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education
FWAElliott, RobynRegistered for: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists; Amica Center for Immigrant Rights; CareForth; Chase Brexton Health System; Coordinating Center, The; Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition