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Requires public and charter schools in the District of Columbia to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors.

District of Columbia law or guidelines permitting schools to stock albuterol inhalers with a prescription and administer to students in respiratory distress.

Authorizes public and charter schools to stock and administer epinephrine auto-injectors to students experiencing anaphylaxis.

District of Columbia law allowing or requiring schools to stock emergency supplies of epinephrine auto-injectors for students experiencing anaphylaxis.

DC Access to Emergency Epinephrine in Schools Act

Authorizes public, public charter, and private schools in the District of Columbia to obtain standing orders for stock epinephrine auto-injectors and permits trained employees to administer epinephrine to any individual believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis.

Mandates the creation of comprehensive food allergy management guidelines for both schools and child development facilities.

Allows trained school bus drivers to administer epinephrine to students.

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

Allows students to self-administer asthma or anaphylaxis medication under certain conditions.

Requires certified school nurses to create individualized health care plans for students with severe allergies.

SponsorSen. Robert W. Singer, Sen. Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.

Requires training for school personnel in treating severe allergies and anaphylaxis.

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.

School Asthma and Allergy Medication Act

Expands the types of medications schools can stock and administer to include short-acting asthma medications (inhalers) and epinephrine delivery systems for students without individual prescriptions.

Nasal Epinephrine Update

Updates statutory language to allow all FDA-approved epinephrine delivery systems, including recently approved nasal sprays, to be used in schools and other settings.

Nasal Epinephrine Access Bill

Updates the legal definition of 'epinephrine auto-injector' to 'epinephrine delivery system' to ensure that new FDA-approved formulations, such as nasal sprays, can be legally stocked and administered in schools and other public entities.

This bill broadens the mechanisms permitted for the emergency administration of epinephrine in schools, institutions of higher education, and youth camps.

Stock Albuterol in Schools

This bill would amend the Public School Code to allow schools to stock albuterol inhalers and spacers for students who experience respiratory distress. It mirrors the structure of the stock epinephrine law.

Epinephrine Nasal Spray and Stock Mandate Bill

Proposed legislation to require schools to stock epinephrine, including newly approved nasal spray delivery systems, and to ensure school bus drivers and monitors are trained in their administration.