A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the State board of education to adopt a statewide medical action plan for public school units.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 115C‑12 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(47)	Statewide Medical Action Plan. – The State Board of Education shall adopt a medical action plan to be implemented by each public school unit. The plan shall apply at all public school units under the control of the State Board of Education, including schools operated under Article 7A and Article 9C of this Chapter. The policy shall include, at a minimum, all of the following components:
a.	A standard student medical condition form to be used for each student.
b.	A standard student medical action plan form to be used for each student.
c.	A method for ensuring that all persons having supervisory responsibility over a student, including teachers and other public school personnel, volunteers, and chaperones, receive a student medical action plan form for each student whenever the student leaves the campus of the public school unit, including field trips, interscholastic athletic activities, and any other event."
SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 115C‑47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(65)	To Implement a Medical Action Plan. – Local boards of education shall implement the medical action plan adopted by the State Board of Education under G.S. 115C‑12(47)."
SECTION 1.(c)  G.S. 115C‑218.75 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(e2)	Medical Action Plan. – A charter school shall implement the medical action plan adopted by the State Board of Education under G.S. 115C‑12(47)."
SECTION 1.(d)  G.S. 115C‑238.66 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(7f)	Medical action plan. – A regional school shall implement the medical action plan adopted by the State Board of Education under G.S. 115C‑12(47)."
SECTION 1.(e)  G.S. 116‑239.8(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(19)	A laboratory school shall implement the medical action plan adopted by the State Board of Education under G.S. 115C‑12(47)."
SECTION 1.(f)  Section 6(d) of S.L. 2018‑32 is amended by adding a new sub‑subdivision to read:
"p.	G.S. 115C‑47(65) [To Implement a Medical Action Plan]."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2021‑2022 school year.