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Committee hears HB600 to allow schools to stock albuterol for asthma emergencies
Summary
Representative Melody Cunningham27s bipartisan bill would let schools carry stock albuterol inhalers and require training and protocols; public health, medical and education groups testified in support, citing potential to reduce emergency visits and absenteeism.
The Senate Education Committee heard testimony on House Bill 600, which would permit (but not require) Montana schools to keep stock inhaled albuterol for emergency use in asthma or respiratory distress.
Representative Melody Cunningham told the committee the bill is a permissive, stakeholder-driven measure. "This bill would add stock albuterol for emergency situations of asthma or respiratory distress," she…
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