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Requires school districts to adopt policies for the management of food allergies and anaphylaxis, including training for designated personnel.

Amending auto-injector language and potentially adding epinephrine to school environments.

Authorizes students to self-administer medication for asthma and allergies and allows schools to maintain a stock supply of emergency-use epinephrine.

Defines the assessment process and contract requirements for students to self-carry and self-administer asthma and anaphylaxis medications in schools.

Allows schools to stock epinephrine auto-injectors and provides civil liability protection for trained staff administering the medication.

A state-led recognition program for schools that meet specific asthma management and environmental trigger reduction standards.

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

Massachusetts Stock Albuterol Bill

Proposed legislation to authorize public and private elementary and secondary schools to obtain, store, and administer undesignated bronchodilators, spacers, and nebulizers to treat students experiencing respiratory distress in school, providing staff training protocols and liability protections.

Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act

The Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act would provide the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the authority and resources to better protect against poor indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools. IAQ is essential for people suffering from asthma, as poor ventilation and indoor pollutants can trigger attacks and worsen respiratory health.

SponsorRep. Paul Tonko [D-NY-20] (Democratic)

Stock Bronchodilator Bill

Proposed legislation to allow public schools to maintain a stock supply of bronchodilators for use in respiratory emergencies.

School Asthma Emergency Act

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.

HELP Copays Act

Bans copay accumulator adjustment policies that prevent manufacturer copay assistance from counting toward patient deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums.

SponsorSen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) (Bipartisan)

Pending Childcare Epinephrine Training Bill

Pending legislation that would explicitly make day-care centers responsible for training employees in the administration of an epinephrine delivery device.

Elijah's Law

This bill establishes food allergy safety and anaphylaxis response protocols in licensed child care centers and family day care homes.

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.

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

LB457

Proposed legislation requiring licensed childcare programs to adopt specific policies for managing food allergies and anaphylaxis, including individualized health care plans.

Proposes updates to allergy management and epinephrine access requirements in child care facilities.

One School One Nurse Act

Assists in the recruitment, hiring, and retention of school nurses at every elementary and secondary public school to support children with asthma and severe allergies.

Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act

Expands coverage options for individuals with chronic diseases including asthma by allowing states to offer targeted chronic disease coverage plans outside of traditional open enrollment.

A bill to address asthma-related health issues.

Requires group health plans to establish a clear and transparent exceptions process for any medication step-therapy protocol, which often delays access to necessary allergy or asthma medications.

SponsorSen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]

The Help Ensure Lower Patient (HELP) Copays Act requires health insurance plans to count third-party payments and financial assistance toward a patient's deductible and out-of-pocket maximum, improving affordability for expensive chronic condition medications.

SponsorRep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]

This bill establishes preferences for grants under the children's asthma treatment program for states that require schools to establish allergy and asthma management programs that include individual action plans for students diagnosed with allergies or asthma.