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Nurses, students and health advocates back bill to allow stock albuterol in schools
Summary
Committee staff and witnesses described SB 59‑51, which would authorize schools to maintain a stock supply of albuterol accessed under a uniform OSPI/DOH procedure; nurses supported the bill but DOH requested an amendment to use its public process rather than a direct statutory standing order.
Committee staff summarized SB 59‑51 as a measure to expand access to albuterol in public and private schools by directing the Secretary of Health or a designee to issue a statewide standing order that allows schools to keep a stock supply of albuterol and permits school nurses or trained personnel to administer it when appropriate. Staff said OSPI and the…
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