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Senate committee considers bill to allow nasal epinephrine in Montana schools
Summary
Senate Bill 211 would add epinephrine nasal spray to the list of emergency drugs schools may keep, a change proponents said is less invasive and could reduce delays in treating anaphylaxis; no formal vote was taken at the hearing.
Senate Public Health Committee members heard testimony on Senate Bill 211, a bill to add epinephrine nasal spray to the list of emergency medications schools may keep and administer, at a Senate Public Health hearing. Sen. Cora Newman, the bill sponsor, opened the hearing and described personal and clinical reasons for the change.
The bill would amend existing school-health code (listed in the bill as sections 20-5-420 and 20-5-421) to permit an epinephrine auto-injector or an epinephrine nasal spray to be stored in schools in a secure, easily accessible location and used in emergencies. “This is a bill . . . revising the emergency use of epinephrine in a school setting to include nasal spray,” Sen. Cora Newman said as she introduced the measure and described a past anaphylaxis event involving her…
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