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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="7-444" title_number="7" title_name="Public Schools" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Health and Safety of Students">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before August 1, 2019, the Department and the Maryland Department of Health shall develop guidelines for public schools regarding the administration of health care services to students with sickle cell disease.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The guidelines shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Procedures for educating clinical and nonclinical school personnel and individuals who work with students who are participating in school–related activities about symptoms of distress related to sickle cell disease;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Protocols to ensure students with sickle cell disease receive care as determined by orders from the student’s provider and the school nurse’s assessment during school and school–sponsored after–school activities; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any other issue pertaining to the administration of health care services to students with sickle cell disease.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or before September 1, 2019, the Department and the Maryland Department of Health shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Provide technical assistance to schools to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Implement the guidelines established under this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Instruct school personnel at the local level regarding the guidelines established under this section; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Develop a process to monitor the implementation of the guidelines.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
