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Committee approves amended bill allowing schools and camps to stock epinephrine nasal spray; passage as amended 16‑0
Summary
The committee amended and voted unanimously to allow schools, post‑secondary institutions and camps to maintain a supply of FDA‑approved epinephrine nasal spray (brand name Nephi) for use when individuals have no personally prescribed dose available.
The House Committee on Health and Human Services and Elderly Affairs voted to adopt an amendment and then to pass House Bill 63 as amended, authorizing schools, camps and post‑secondary institutions to keep epinephrine nasal spray on hand for emergency use.
Representative Bridal Leon, prime sponsor, told the committee the bill updates statutes to include nasal‑spray epinephrine in addition to auto‑injectors and to clarify pharmacy dispensing authority for supplies dispensed to schools and camps. She cited the FDA approval of a nasal‑spray epinephrine product,…
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