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House Education Committee reviews bill to allow intranasal epinephrine in schools
Summary
On March 13, 2025, the House Education Committee discussed H.209, which would let schools keep intranasal epinephrine on site and change who may authorize its administration, with committee members and legislative counsel describing drafted changes and scheduling a committee vote for the following day.
A member of the House Education Committee and Katie McDonough, legislative counsel with the Office of Legislative Council, discussed H.209 on March 13, 2025, a bill that would allow schools to maintain intranasal epinephrine in the same manner as epinephrine auto-injectors and revise who may authorize its use.
The bill would add intranasal epinephrine to the existing statute that permits schools to keep a stock supply of epinephrine and would change several definitions and authorization procedures. Katie McDonough said the bill’s revisions were made after input from school nurses and from a prior testifier named Kelly. "When you last met, you heard from school nurses and the concern wasn't with the language being added per se, but with the underlying existing structure that's in…
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