BUILD America 250 Act
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Summary
While primarily a transportation funding bill, it includes safety mandates for public transportation vehicles to carry emergency medical kits that include contents for the treatment of anaphylaxis and cardiac arrest, and requires training for frontline transit employees on the use of these kits.
Who This Bill Serves & Who's Backing It
Core Patient Populations
People with food allergies — including children, students, and their families.
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Votes & Legislative History
An Act to prohibit the manufacturing, delivering, distributing, and selling of food containing specified substances
Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and sale of food products containing specific additives including brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, and red dye number 3.
School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act
Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide preference in asthma-related grants to states that allow trained school personnel to administer epinephrine to students.
Medically Necessary Foods Coverage Act of 2022
Medically Necessary Foods Coverage Act of 2022
Requires health insurance plans in the District to provide coverage for medically necessary foods for individuals with specific conditions, including IgE and non-IgE mediated food allergies, FPIES, and eosinophilic disorders.
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