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Designates May 2026 as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month to increase public understanding of these chronic conditions.

Requires school districts to develop policies for the administration of epinephrine to students experiencing anaphylaxis.

Authorizes public schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors for use by trained personnel in the event of an anaphylactic emergency.

Delaware Early Allergen Introduction Coverage Act

Mandates health insurance carriers and Medicaid in Delaware to cover early allergen introduction dietary supplements for peanut and egg allergens for infants to prevent development of food allergies.

Authorizes Delaware public elementary and secondary schools, including pre-kindergarten programs, to stock auto-injectable epinephrine under standing orders and permits trained staff to administer it during life-threatening anaphylactic emergencies.

DELACARE Regulations

Mandates that licensed child care centers maintain allergy information and follow strict medication administration and food safety protocols.

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

Elijah's Law (Massachusetts version)

This bill would require the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) to establish a policy for childcare providers regarding the management of food allergies. It aims to authorize childcare centers to maintain stock epinephrine and requires staff training on recognizing anaphylaxis and administering auto-injectors.

Mandatory Stock Epinephrine Bill

This pending legislation would shift the current 'permissive' stock epinephrine policy to a 'mandatory' one, requiring all school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, and charter schools to maintain epinephrine auto-injectors on site.

School Epinephrine Mandate Bill

Proposed legislation to mandate that every school district require each educational building within every school to maintain a stock of epinephrine auto-injectors, require licensed medical personnel or trained school personnel to administer them in emergencies, and amend Miss. Code Ann. § 37-11-71 to convert permissive stocking into a statewide mandate.

Emerson Kate Cole Act

Proposed legislation to mandate specific emergency protocols, including mandatory 911 calls following the administration of epinephrine, and enhanced training requirements for school employees.

Mandatory School Epinephrine Act

A pending legislative proposal that would mandate every school in every school district to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors in every educational building.

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.