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Senate panel adds nasal‑spray epinephrine option and advances school allergy bill
Summary
The Senate Education Committee adopted an amendment to allow nasal‑spray epinephrine to be carried and procured by schools like EpiPens, heard supportive testimony from the Ohio Association of School Nurses, and voted unanimously to report the amended House Bill 462 to Rules and Reference.
The Senate Education Committee on the opening order adopted Amendment 1863‑1 to a school‑health bill to add nasal‑spray epinephrine as a form of student‑directed epinephrine that schools can carry and distribute.
Senator Huffman moved the amendment, saying it "adds the nasal spray throughout the bill that can be distributed in the same fashion as an EpiPen…
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