Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act
- Last Action
- 3/13/2025
Actions
- 2025-03-13Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2025-03-13Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-03-13 (00)
Seizure Awareness and Preparedness Act
This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for carrying out a program that supports elementary and secondary students who have epilepsy or a seizure disorder. Specifically, LEAs must use these subgrants to train school personnel on seizure awareness and preparedness that covers individualized health care plans and individualized emergency health care plans for students who have epilepsy or a seizure disorder.
Cosponsors (1)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Subjects
- Child health
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health information and medical records
- Medical education
- Neurological disorders
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
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