Health Services Domain
Health Services Domain
State Legislation (2020 - 2026)
2026
- Public Act No. 26-38
- Requires schools to maintain epinephrine for emergency first aid when students experience allergic reactions.
- Requires DOE to develop training for school personnel administering emergency antiepileptic medication.
- Updates school procedures for storing and administering opioid antagonists for opioid-related drug overdoses.
- Public Act No. 26-13
- Requires student health assessment and screening results to be recorded on forms supplied by the State Board of Education.
- Requires school health personnel to review assessment results and notify parents/guardians when further testing or treatment is needed.
- Requires school districts to access minor patient safety plans through a secure messaging system and DOE training materials.
2025
- Public Act No. 25-67
- Gives SDE a major role in special education service pricing and oversight. SDE may approve cost increases for special education services, must set rate schedules, and related services include speech, behavioral, and occupational therapies.
- Public Act No. 25-97
- Requires SDE to create a priority school district mental and behavioral health pilot program using an online tool. Priority school district mental health pilot includes partnerships between districts and community organizations providing mental and behavioral health care.
- Public Act No. 25-143
- Expands how epinephrine and glucagon can be administered in schools, child care facilities, day camps, before/after-school programs, and athletic events.
- Public Act No. 25-168
- Requires a framework to streamline municipal Medicaid billing for Medicaid-eligible school-based behavioral health services.
- Requires a framework to streamline municipal Medicaid billing for Medicaid-eligible school-based behavioral health services.
2024
- Public Act No. 24-41
- Requires SDE, in consultation with the School Nurse Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 10-212f, and the Association of School Nurses of Connecticut, to develop an antiepileptic medication administrating training program.
- Public Act No. 24-126
- Requires SDE to distribute the Title IX compliance toolkit to local and regional boards of education and provide technical assistance to them on its implementation.
- Public Act No. 24-118
- SDE and other interested agencies can develop additional survey questions for the Connecticut School Health Survey that are relevant to CT high school students’ health concerns.
- Public Act Summary
2022
- Public Act No. 22-49
- Generally lowers the threshold for blood lead levels in individuals at which the Department of Public Health (DPH) and local health departments must take certain actions.
- Public Act Summary
- Public Act No. 22-80
- Generally (1) allows school nurses and qualified school employees to maintain and administer opioid antagonists to students who do not have prior written authorization to receive the medication; (2) requires SDE to develop related guidelines; (3) authorizes prescribers and pharmacists to enter into agreements with school boards on the distribution and administration of opioid antagonists.
- Public Act Summary
- Public Act No. 22-118
- Adjusts the state budget by allocating $10,000,000 for School Based Health Centers, $604,000 for InterCommunity Health Centers, $2,000,000 for the distribution of menstrual products to schools, and other health services.
2021
- Public Act No. 21-6
- Requires DPH in collaboration with SDE to evaluate all of the data collected by said departments concerning exemptions from immunization requirements.
- Public Act Summary
- Public Act No. 21-46
- Requires SDE to develop, and annually update, a document local and regional boards of education can use that provides information on educational, safety, mental health and food insecurity resources and programs available for students and their families.
- Public Act Summary
State Programs
All State Programs
- Comprehensive Health Services and Sexual Health Services
- Partnership to increase adolescents' access to developmentally appropriate health services that can include discussions and information about healthy relationships; education about and access to contraception, including the availability of condoms; HIV/STD and pregnancy testing; and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations.
- Healthy and Balanced Living Curriculum Framework
- Provides districts guidance to implement PK-12 curriculum that addresses the physical, mental, social, and emotional dimensions of health of students.
- Healthy School Communities for Successful Students Partnership
- Funded by a grant from the CDC and Prevention Division of Adolescent and School Health to increase the capacity school districts to implement policies and practices in sexual health that improve students’ health and academic outcomes.
- HIV/STD Education Program
- One component of the Partnership that includes the delivery of comprehensive sexual health education on HIV and STIs.
- School Health Profiles
- A survey funded by the Partnership that is used to understand and inform the state of middle and high school policies and programs focused on health.
- Sexual Health Services
- Services provided to students to protect their health, including preventative education, such as education about and access to contraception, condoms, and STIs.
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention Policies, Programs, and Services
- One component of the Partnership that addresses the delivery of comprehensive sexual health education on teen pregnancy prevention.
- The Support for Pregnant and Parenting Teen Grant
- Grant for the improvement of the psychosocial health and academic outcomes of students who are pregnant or are parenting. Offers parenting and life skills education and support services.
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