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House committee advances bill letting schools carry emergency albuterol inhalers
Summary
A House committee voted to advance House Bill 600, which would allow — but not require — Montana public schools to keep “stock” albuterol for emergency use; supporters said it could save children’s lives, while opponents urged clearer consent and liability language.
Representative Lucy Cunningham, sponsor of House Bill 600, told the committee the bill would let schools choose to keep a supply of albuterol — a fast‑acting bronchodilator — for emergency asthma and respiratory distress. “This is a bill that would allow, not mandate, that schools could carry stock albuterol,” Cunningham said.
The bill’s nut graf: supporters said stock albuterol would shorten response time in life‑threatening respiratory events and reduce emergency‑department visits; opponents…
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