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Bill modernizes school epinephrine rules, clarifies coverage for preschool students
Summary
Sen. Susan Ashby presented SB 568 to update statutory language on school-stocked epinephrine and clarify whether preschools fall under the existing requirement; witnesses from school nursing and allergy medicine said the change closes gaps as universal preschool expands and that epinephrine dosing and standing orders are available for young c
Sen. Susan Ashby presented Senate Bill 568, the Epinephrine in Schools Modernization Act, to the Assembly Education Committee, saying the bill modernizes statutory language and clarifies that stock epinephrine requirements apply to all public school programs, including preschool and expanded transitional kindergarten (UTK).
Ashby said SB 568 accepts committee amendments and updates language to reflect newer medication delivery devices and to remove ambiguities that have led some districts to exclude preschools from stock epinephrine programs. She noted…
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