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House committee advances bill allowing nasal epinephrine for school emergency kits
Summary
The House Health & Human Services Committee voted to send Senate Bill 278 to appropriations after hearing testimony that updating statute to include nasal epinephrine would make school stock medication less intimidating and allow schools to accept free product donations.
Senate Bill 278, which would change state law to allow schools to keep “emergency use epinephrine” in forms other than auto-injectors, was advanced by the House Health & Human Services Committee on a 13-0 vote and sent to the Appropriations Committee.
Proponents said the measure simply updates existing statute to reflect new delivery forms of epinephrine and would remove a statutory barrier that prevents schools from using donated nasal formulations. Representative Stewart, the bill sponsor, called it “a really simple administrative bill” to align statute with current products. Representative Bridal, a co-sponsor, described a personal family emergency and urged support, saying the changes would make…
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