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

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.

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

Mandates training for school bus drivers and monitors to administer epinephrine to students experiencing anaphylaxis.

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

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

Massachusetts Stock Albuterol Bill

Proposed legislation to authorize public and private elementary and secondary schools to obtain, store, and administer undesignated bronchodilators, spacers, and nebulizers to treat students experiencing respiratory distress in school, providing staff training protocols and liability protections.

Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act

The Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act would provide the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the authority and resources to better protect against poor indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools. IAQ is essential for people suffering from asthma, as poor ventilation and indoor pollutants can trigger attacks and worsen respiratory health.

SponsorRep. Paul Tonko [D-NY-20] (Democratic)

Stock Bronchodilator Bill

Proposed legislation to allow public schools to maintain a stock supply of bronchodilators for use in respiratory emergencies.

School Asthma Emergency Act

This bill would allow schools to stock asthma rescue medications (bronchodilators/nebulizers) and permit school nurses or trained staff to administer them to students with diagnosed asthma during emergencies.

Safe Step Act

Requires group health plans to establish a transparent exceptions process (24-72 hours) for step therapy protocols, allowing doctors to override insurer fail-first requirements when medically necessary.

SponsorSen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) (Bipartisan)

Adds single-use epinephrine nasal spray to the list of medications that schools may stock and that students may self-administer for chronic conditions like anaphylaxis.

Requires California State University and requests University of California campuses to maintain stock epinephrine auto-injectors.

New York Senate Bill S7810, sponsored by Senator Cordell Cleare, 2023-2024 legislative session.

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

Expands the definition of epinephrine devices in schools to include all types of delivery devices, including nasal sprays, for use by school personnel.

Updates Ohio law to permit students to possess and administer FDA-approved intranasal epinephrine spray in addition to auto-injectors.