School Stock Epinephrine Law - Pennsylvania
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Summary
Pennsylvania law allowing or requiring schools to stock emergency supplies of epinephrine auto-injectors for students experiencing anaphylaxis.
Full Description
Pennsylvania has enacted a school stock epinephrine law that allows or requires schools to maintain emergency supplies of undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors. These laws permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine to any student believed to be experiencing an anaphylactic reaction, including students who do not have their own prescribed epinephrine. This is critical because approximately 25% of anaphylaxis reactions at school occur in students previously undiagnosed with a severe allergy. The federal School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act (2013) incentivized states to pass these laws by providing grant preferences.
Key Provisions
1. Permits or requires schools to stock undesignated epinephrine. 2. Allows trained personnel to administer epinephrine in emergencies. 3. Covers students without their own prescribed epinephrine. 4. Provides liability protections for good faith administration.
Who This Bill Serves & Who's Backing It
Core Patient Populations
Patients who rely on timely access to emergency epinephrine.
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Votes & Legislative History
Epinephrine Access Act
An Act relative to emergency stock supply of epinephrine in schools and other public venues
This bill aims to expand access to epinephrine by allowing various entities, including schools and daycares, to stock and administer epinephrine auto-injectors, providing civil liability protection for those who administer it.
School Asthma Emergency Act
An Act relative to the provision and administration of bronchodilators, spacers, and nebulizers in schools
This bill would allow schools to stock asthma rescue medications (bronchodilators/nebulizers) and permit school nurses or trained staff to administer them to students with diagnosed asthma during emergencies.
Self-administration of respiratory distress, asthma, or other airway constricting disease medication, epinephrine auto-injectors, bronchodilator canisters, or bronchodilator canisters and spacers
Authorizes students to self-administer asthma and anaphylaxis medication, including epinephrine auto-injectors, while at school or school-sponsored activities.
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