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Updates guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening allergies, including training for school personnel on the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors.

Allows school districts to stock epinephrine auto-injectors and provides immunity from civil liability for school personnel who administer the medication to students.

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

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

This act authorizes the prescription and administration of epinephrine through auto-injectors and provides civil and criminal immunity for individuals administering it in good faith.

One School One Nurse Act

Assists in the recruitment, hiring, and retention of school nurses at every elementary and secondary public school to support children with asthma and severe allergies.

Allows trained school bus drivers to administer epinephrine to students.

Proposes use of epinephrine nasal spray in schools as alternative to auto-injectors.

Allows students to self-administer asthma or anaphylaxis medication under certain conditions.

Requires certified school nurses to create individualized health care plans for students with severe allergies.

SponsorSen. Robert W. Singer, Sen. Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.

Requires training for school personnel in treating severe allergies and anaphylaxis.

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

Emergency Medication Modernization Act

Proposed legislation to permit students diagnosed with asthma or at risk of anaphylaxis to carry and self-administer rescue inhalers and epinephrine, and expands the definition of epinephrine to include newer delivery methods like intranasal sprays.

Protecting Children with Food Allergies Act

A federal bill that would require local school food service personnel to receive annual training and certification on food allergies as part of the National School Lunch Program.

Protecting Children with Food Allergies Act

A federal bill that would require the USDA to include food allergy awareness and management training for local school food service personnel participating in the National School Lunch Program.

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 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.