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Bill introduced to add nasal epinephrine to schools’ stock-supply authorization
Summary
Representative Rosslyn Gold introduced H.209 to update state statute so that school stock supplies may include FDA-approved intranasal epinephrine in addition to auto-injectors; sponsor said the change responds to supply disruptions and new nasal products coming to market.
Representative Rosslyn Gold introduced H.209 on Wednesday to amend a statute that allows schools to maintain a stock supply of epinephrine for severe allergic reactions, adding language to cover recently approved intranasal epinephrine.
Gold told the committee that many Vermont school nurses had relied on a program that supplied auto-injectors for free, but that program was interrupted this year because of supply issues. “This year, the program was shut down due to supply issues,” Gold said, and manufacturers…
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