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A joint resolution to create the 'Child Food and Nutrition Services Study Committee' to examine the feasibility of transferring federal child food and nutrition programs (including lunch, breakfast, and snack programs) from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture. The committee was tasked with reviewing how to provide these programs at no cost to students and enhancing the safety and local sourcing of school foods.

Permits public schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors and provides immunity for trained personnel who administer them in good faith.

SAVE Act

Authorizes school districts and private schools to store and administer stock epinephrine to any individual on school premises experiencing anaphylaxis.

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.

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

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.

Rhode Island School Emergency Medication Mandate

Proposed legislation that would transition Rhode Island from a 'permissive' stocking state to a 'required' stocking state for both epinephrine and undesignated asthma rescue inhalers in schools.

HB 333

Proposed legislation to expand the definition of 'epinephrine auto-injector' to 'injectable epinephrine rescue medication,' potentially allowing for lower-cost delivery methods like vials and syringes.

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.