COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: Standing Committee on Health and Mental Health
This bill changes the term "epinephrine auto-injector" to "epinephrine delivery system" throughout statute, defined as a single-use device or system used for the delivery of a premeasured dose of epinephrine into the human body.
The bill adds epinephrine delivery systems to provisions of statute that permit the possession and self-administration of the medication to treat a student's chronic health condition, such as asthma or anaphylaxis.
This bill authorizes each board of education in this State to grant permission to pupils, as well as each school board in this State to grant permission to school nurses to use this medication.
The bill additionally modifies existing provisions for epinephrine possession, use limitations, and stock supply by adding epinephrine delivery systems as eligible products in nursing homes and facilities, as well as child care facilities, to the list of authorized entities.
Current law authorizes qualified first responders, as defined in the bill, to administer epinephrine auto-injectors to a person who is suffering from an apparent anaphylactic reaction. This bill extends that authorization to epinephrine delivery systems.
This bill is similar to HB 553 (2025).
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