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49452.9
. (a) For purposes of the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18
school years, a public school, including a charter school, shall add
an informational item to its enrollment forms, or amend an existing
enrollment form, in order to provide the parent or legal guardian
information about health care coverage options and enrollment
assistance.
(b) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), a school may
do either of the following:
(1) Use a template developed pursuant to subdivision (d).
(2) Develop an informational item or amend an existing enrollment
form to provide information about health care coverage options and
enrollment assistance.
(c) A school may include a factsheet with its enrollment forms
explaining basic information about affordable health care coverage
options for children and families.
(d) (1) The department shall develop a standardized template for
both of the following:
(A) The informational item or amendment required by subdivision
(a).
(B) The factsheet described in subdivision (c).
(2) The department shall make any templates developed pursuant to
this subdivision available on its Internet Web site on or before
August 1, 2015, and shall, upon request, provide written copies of
the template to a school district.
(e) A school district shall not discriminate against a pupil who
does not have health care coverage or use any information relating to
a pupil's health care coverage or interest in learning about health
care coverage in any manner that would bring harm to the pupil or the
pupil's family.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.