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House Human Services chair to take testimony on bill to allow epinephrine use in child care and pre‑K
Summary
The House Human Services chair said the committee will take testimony on H.574, a statutory change to let child care and private pre‑K providers administer epinephrine in emergencies, and intends to schedule the Department for Children and Families to testify before advancing the language.
Chair (S2) said the committee will take up H.574, "a bill about epinephrine use in child care and pre k," and intends to schedule testimony from the Department for Children and Families to confirm the department is comfortable with the proposed statutory change.
The measure is being prepared for transfer onto a miscellaneous education bill so its language can move through the process more quickly. "They want the language so we can transfer it over," the chair said, and requested staff schedule DCF for testimony, suggesting Friday afternoon as a possible time.
Committee members were invited to identify family members, child care family‑home providers, or center‑based providers who wish to testify. The chair said the change would affect child care and private pre‑K and framed it as an emergency‑response issue: enabling trained providers to administer epinephrine when needed.
The committee did not take a vote in the recorded portion of the meeting; the chair said the committee will vet the proposal thoroughly in committee hearings and that final action is not yet determined. The next procedural step is scheduling DCF testimony and allowing providers and families to appear.
