"Elijah's Law"
Missouri Elijah's Law (HB 2372 — Food-Borne Allergies in Child Care)
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Summary
Omnibus health-care bill (HB 2372) that establishes Missouri's statewide "Elijah's Law," requiring early child care providers to adopt allergy prevention and response policies for potentially deadly food-borne allergies.
Full Description
Missouri HB 2372 (2026 Regular Session) is an omnibus health-care bill (SS SCS HCS HB 2372) that, among many provisions, establishes "Elijah's Law" for food-borne allergies. The Elijah's Law provision requires early child care providers in Missouri to adopt a policy on allergy prevention and response with a focus on potentially deadly food-borne allergies, including anaphylaxis preparedness and staff response protocols. The bill also updates "epinephrine auto-injector" to "epinephrine delivery system" throughout Missouri statute (Sections 167.627, 167.630, 190.246, 196.990, and 321.621), establishes the Missouri Lyme Disease Eradication Act, creates a Pediatric Disease Task Force, and designates several health awareness days. The Elijah's Law provision builds on the earlier Kansas City local Elijah's Law ordinance (Ord. 230491, 2023), extending similar child-care allergy safety standards statewide.
Key Provisions
Establishes "Elijah's Law" requiring early child care providers to adopt an allergy prevention and response policy focused on potentially deadly food-borne allergies; anaphylaxis preparedness and staff training/response protocols; part of omnibus HB 2372 that also modernizes epinephrine delivery system terminology, creates the Missouri Lyme Disease Eradication Act, and establishes a Pediatric Disease Task Force.
Who This Bill Serves & Who's Backing It
Core Patient Populations
People with food allergies — including children, students, and their families.
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Legislative History & Resources
New Jersey Child Care Epinephrine Bill
Requires child care centers to be equipped with epinephrine
Pending legislation that would require licensed child care centers to maintain a supply of epinephrine and ensure staff are trained to administer it.
Childcare Epinephrine Law
Use of Epinephrine Auto-Injector
Provides legal framework for the use of epinephrine auto-injectors in child day care settings, including training and immunity provisions.
Food allergy awareness
Requires restaurants to display a notice informing consumers to communicate food allergies to employees and mandates staff communication of such information to management.
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