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This bill mandates that schools stock emergency medications and permits students with asthma or allergies to carry their own rescue medications.

Establishes a structured, science-based approach to improving indoor air quality in schools to reduce exposure to asthma triggers like mold and poor ventilation.

Requires schools to maintain stock supplies of undesignated epinephrine and FDA-approved asthma rescue inhalers for emergency administration by trained personnel.

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

A legislative resolution formally recognizing May 2026 as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month in Rhode Island.

Requires school policies to include procedures for managing anaphylaxis, including parental authorization for epinephrine administration and training for school bus drivers.

HB 1043

Proposed legislation to update state law to include all FDA-approved epinephrine delivery systems (including nasal sprays) in school settings, rather than just auto-injectors.

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 Update Bill

Updates existing laws to ensure that all FDA-approved epinephrine delivery methods, including recently approved nasal sprays, can be used in schools and other authorized settings.

School Emergency Medication Modernization Act

Pending legislation that would mandate schools to stock undesignated epinephrine (including needle-free options) and asthma rescue inhalers with valved holding chambers. It also explicitly protects the rights of students to self-carry and self-administer their own prescribed emergency medications.

H 7896

Proposed legislation to require schools to maintain stock supplies of undesignated epinephrine and asthma rescue inhalers, and to ensure students can self-carry and self-administer these medications.

This pending legislation would require all schools in Massachusetts to maintain a stock supply of non-patient specific epinephrine auto-injectors to be used in the event of an anaphylactic emergency.

School Epinephrine Mandate Bill

A pending 2025 bill that would transition Mississippi from a permissive stock epinephrine state to a mandatory one, requiring every school building and cafeteria to maintain a supply of auto-injectors.

Food Additive Prohibition Bill

Prohibits the use of certain substances in food products and authorizes the State Board of Agriculture to issue orders for violations.

HB 1043

Proposed legislation to update state law to include all FDA-approved epinephrine delivery systems (including nasal sprays) in school settings, rather than just auto-injectors.

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.