An act TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN 10 INFORMATION ON TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES WHEN OTHER 11 HEALTH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas             As Engrossed: H3/19/25
2 95th General Assembly
                                      A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2025                                          HOUSE BILL 1580

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5 By: Representative Gramlich

6 By: Senator J. Petty

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8                              For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN

10  INFORMATION ON TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES WHEN OTHER

11  HEALTH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED; AND FOR OTHER

12  PURPOSES.

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16                       TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN

17                       INFORMATION ON TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2

18                       DIABETES WHEN OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION

19                       IS PROVIDED.

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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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23  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 6-18-711, concerning administration of

24 medication for diabetes in schools, is amended to add an additional

25 subsection to read as follows:

26  (d)(1) If a school district provides educational information on

27 immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health

28 issues to parents and guardians of students in kindergarten through grade

29 twelve (K-12), the following educational information about Type 1 and Type 2

30 diabetes shall be included:

31                       (A) A description of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes;

32                       (B) A description of the risk factors and warning signs

33 associated with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes;

34                       (C) A recommendation to the parent or guardian of a

35 student displaying warning signs associated with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes

36 that the parent or guardian consult with the student's primary care provider

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1 to determine if immediate screening for Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes is

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3                (D) A description of the screening processes for both Type

4 1 and Type 2 diabetes and of the significance of the stages of Type 1

5 diabetes; and

6                (E) A recommendation that, following a Type 1 or Type 2

7 diabetes diagnosis, the parent or guardian consult with the student's primary

8 care provider to develop an appropriate treatment plan.

9              (2) The Department of Education, in cooperation with the

10 Department of Health, shall develop and make available the educational

11 information about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes to school districts and on the

12 website of each department.

13             (3) Diabetes-related educational information provided by school

14 districts to parents and guardians of students as required by this subsection

15 is solely for the purposes of educational information and shall not be

16 considered or construed to be for the purposes of providing a medical

17 diagnosis.

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