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Senators consider limiting clinical care in schools; sponsors seek carve‑outs for emergency meds
Summary
Supporters of HB360 told the committee public schools should remain focused on education and that school‑based clinics have expanded into primary and sexual‑health services; sponsors said the bill would bar schools from performing surgeries or prescribing medications while allowing administration of previously prescribed drugs (for example EpiPens), and senators asked about rural‑health grant interactions and liability.
House Bill 360 would prohibit public schools from performing surgical procedures or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs on school grounds; it would permit basic nursing services and the administration of already‑prescribed medications, such as emergency epinephrine.
Representative Kristen Noble (Hillsboro) introduced the bill and said school‑based health centers — increasingly established in districts such as Manchester and Somersworth — can offer primary…
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