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Increases food allergy safety in public schools by requiring a nurse in every school, staff training on anaphylaxis, medical action plans, and prohibiting food at school celebrations.

This bill mandates a school nurse in every school, requires staff training on anaphylaxis, requires medical action plans for students with food allergies, and prohibits food at school celebrations.

Requires the North Carolina State Board of Education to adopt a mandatory policy for all local school administrative units to manage students with life-threatening food allergies.

Proposed legislation to expand the availability of stock epinephrine in North Carolina schools and provide liability protections for staff who administer the medication in emergencies.

Proposes use of epinephrine nasal spray in schools as alternative to auto-injectors.

North Carolina School Stock Epinephrine Law

Requires local boards of education in North Carolina to provide for a supply of emergency epinephrine auto-injectors in schools and train designated personnel in recognizing anaphylaxis and administering epinephrine.

Massachusetts Stock Epinephrine Bill

This pending bill would require all schools to maintain a stock supply of non-patient specific epinephrine auto-injectors. It mandates that the Department of Public Health create regulations for storage in unlocked locations and staff training.

Epinephrine Delivery Systems Update

A pending bill that updates existing school health statutes to replace the term 'epinephrine auto-injectors' with 'epinephrine delivery systems.' This change is intended to allow schools to stock newer, needle-free epinephrine options such as nasal sprays.

School Epinephrine Administration Expansion Bill

Legislative bill to explicitly codify into the General Laws the authority for school districts and non-public schools to register to train unlicensed school personnel to administer epinephrine auto-injectors during school hours and school-sponsored events when a nurse is not immediately available.

Elijah's Law

Establishes 'Elijah's Law' for Missouri, requiring licensed child care facilities to adopt allergy prevention and emergency response policies, and explicitly adds child care facilities to authorized entities allowed to acquire and stock epinephrine auto-injectors.

Needle Free Epinephrine Bill

Proposed legislation to update existing statutes to explicitly allow the use of epinephrine nasal sprays in addition to auto-injectors in school settings.

Proposes authorizing child care facilities to maintain a stock supply of epinephrine and train designated personnel to administer it in emergencies.

Establishes a structured, science-based approach to addressing indoor air quality in school buildings to mitigate environmental asthma triggers.

Emergency Medication Modernization Act

Proposed legislation to permit students diagnosed with asthma or at risk of anaphylaxis to carry and self-administer rescue inhalers and epinephrine, and expands the definition of epinephrine to include newer delivery methods like intranasal sprays.

Protecting Children with Food Allergies Act

A federal bill that would require local school food service personnel to receive annual training and certification on food allergies as part of the National School Lunch Program.

Protecting Children with Food Allergies Act

A federal bill that would require the USDA to include food allergy awareness and management training for local school food service personnel participating in the National School Lunch Program.

Massachusetts Stock Epinephrine Bill

This pending bill would require all schools to maintain a stock supply of non-patient specific epinephrine auto-injectors. It mandates that the Department of Public Health create regulations for storage in unlocked locations and staff training.

Epinephrine Delivery Systems Update

A pending bill that updates existing school health statutes to replace the term 'epinephrine auto-injectors' with 'epinephrine delivery systems.' This change is intended to allow schools to stock newer, needle-free epinephrine options such as nasal sprays.