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Senate backs amended bill allowing intranasal epinephrine in Vermont schools; training and school supply requirements clarified
Summary
The Senate advanced H.209 with committee-recommended language that allows intranasal delivery of epinephrine in schools in addition to auto-injectors, clarifies training and standing-order protocols, and states that schools provide the medication.
The Senate on Monday proposed to the House amendments to H.209 to allow intranasal formulations of epinephrine to be administered in schools and to update related training and standing-order language.
Senator Heffernan (Addison District), reporting for the education committee, said the bill replaces language that referenced "auto-inject" devices with a broader description that accommodates Food and Drug Administration-approved epinephrine delivery systems, including intranasal products. Committee language adds a specific training delegation:…
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