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Authorizes school districts to acquire, maintain, and dispense stock epinephrine auto-injectors for students experiencing life-threatening allergic reactions.

District policy authorizing the acquisition and administration of stock epinephrine, including auto-injectors and nasal sprays, for emergency use.

Allows practitioners and pharmacists to prescribe epinephrine auto-injectors to persons at risk of anaphylaxis or those in a position to assist them.

Requires Wyoming school district boards to permit students to possess and self-administer medication for potentially life-threatening conditions including asthma and food allergies.

Authorizes schools to maintain and administer stock epinephrine auto-injectors for emergency use.

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

Requires local boards of education to provide a supply of emergency epinephrine delivery systems (including nasal sprays) on school property for use by trained personnel.

Student Self-Carry Law

Authorizes students with asthma or anaphylaxis to possess and self-administer their own prescribed medication on school property with proper documentation.

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 Access Bill

A companion or similar bill to H.590 that seeks to amend General Law to require schools to maintain non-patient specific epinephrine auto-injectors for emergency use.

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.

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

Expands coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to include medically necessary food and associated equipment and supplies. Defines medically necessary food as specially formulated and processed products (e.g., nutritional formulas) prescribed by health care practitioners for individuals with special dietary requirements due to certain digestive or metabolic disorders or conditions.

SponsorRep. James P. McGovern [D-MA-2] (Democratic)

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.

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

Enables trained and authorized school personnel to administer epinephrine.

Ensures safe medication administration including epinephrine in emergencies.

Enables trained and authorized school personnel to administer epinephrine.