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Committee hears unanimous support for allowing schools to stock albuterol for asthma emergencies
Summary
A bipartisan hearing on HB600 drew broad support from health providers, school groups, and tribal representatives to permit (but not require) schools to keep stock albuterol for emergency asthma care; sponsors cited data that only a small share of students with asthma bring inhalers to school.
Representative Melody Cunningham presented House Bill 600 to allow schools to maintain stock albuterol inhalers for emergency use. The bill is permissive: schools would decide whether to stock the medication and designate trained "authorized personnel" to administer it.
DPHHS program staff and pediatric experts described the prevalence…
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