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Mandates the Cabinet for Health and Family Services add alpha-gal syndrome to the state list of noncommunicable diseases that healthcare providers and facilities must report.

Requires local school boards to adopt policies for the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors to students who may be experiencing anaphylaxis.

Encourages schools to maintain a stock of bronchodilator rescue inhalers for administration to any student believed to be experiencing asthma symptoms or respiratory distress.

Allows schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors for emergency use on students experiencing anaphylaxis.

Kentucky law permitting public entities and venues to stock undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors for emergency use during anaphylactic reactions.

Authorizes 'authorized entities,' including colleges and universities, to procure and stock epinephrine auto-injectors and permits trained individuals to administer them.

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.

HB 2082

A legislative proposal to provide for the treatment and prevention of life-threatening allergic reactions specifically within childcare centers.

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.

PA Food Allergy Dining Bill

Proposed legislation to require restaurants to display food allergy awareness posters and include notices on menus regarding customer responsibility to inform staff of allergies.

Food Allergy Awareness in Restaurants

Would require food service establishments (including those in PA airports) to display food allergy awareness posters in staff areas and include allergy warnings on menus. It also encourages, but does not yet mandate, formal allergy training for all food handlers.

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.