Kentucky Statutes 158.830 – Legislative findings — Construction of KRS 158.830 to 158.836
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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky finds that:
(1) Asthma is the seventh-most prevalent chronic health condition in the United States and is the leading serious chronic illness of children;
(2) Asthma is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization among children under age fifteen (15) and accounts for almost one (1) in six (6) of all pediatric emergency room visits;
(3) Approximately two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) Kentuckians suffer from asthma, including over sixty thousand (60,000) children;
(4) Nationally more than five thousand four hundred (5,400) individuals die from asthma each year;
(5) Asthma is the number-one cause of school absences attributed to chronic conditions;
(6) Asthma is manageable with treatment and medications;
(7) Physicians and other health care practitioners instruct children with asthma in the proper use of asthma medications; and
(8) KRS § 158.830 to KRS § 158.836 shall be construed to provide unobstructed access to asthma medications for elementary and secondary school students with asthma.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.
(1) Asthma is the seventh-most prevalent chronic health condition in the United States and is the leading serious chronic illness of children;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 158.830
- Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010 - Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) Asthma is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization among children under age fifteen (15) and accounts for almost one (1) in six (6) of all pediatric emergency room visits;
(3) Approximately two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) Kentuckians suffer from asthma, including over sixty thousand (60,000) children;
(4) Nationally more than five thousand four hundred (5,400) individuals die from asthma each year;
(5) Asthma is the number-one cause of school absences attributed to chronic conditions;
(6) Asthma is manageable with treatment and medications;
(7) Physicians and other health care practitioners instruct children with asthma in the proper use of asthma medications; and
(8) KRS § 158.830 to KRS § 158.836 shall be construed to provide unobstructed access to asthma medications for elementary and secondary school students with asthma.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.