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Committee advances bill broadening allowable epinephrine delivery forms, keeps effective-on-passage language
Summary
The Judiciary Committee advanced House Bill 63 with an amendment that expands the definition of epinephrine delivery systems, changes who may authorize a child’s supply, and permits limited emergency use of a filled prescription for another person; the measure was passed as amended with a plan for a floor amendment to exclude multidose vials.
The Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 63 after adopting an amendment that widens the bill’s focus from specific auto-injectors and nasal sprays to a broader definition of epinephrine delivery systems and makes several technical changes.
The amended measure removes a restriction that limited the statute to auto-injectors and nasal-spray products and replaces the term “physician” with “primary health care provider” in the consent language to reflect that nurse practitioners and physician assistants also write these prescriptions. The amendment also adds a provision, written at the suggestion of Dr. Ballard of the Department…
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