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Allison Rose Act

The Allison Rose Act (Ohio HB 231) encourages school districts, community schools, and STEM schools to create food allergy training for staff members and students. Completed food allergy training by staff qualifies as a professional development activity for the renewal of educator licenses. The Act also helps individuals identify and respond to someone experiencing an allergic reaction, and requires the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) to compile an annual list of organizations that offer free epinephrine auto-injectors to qualifying school districts.

Requires school districts to establish written policies for protecting students with food allergies and allows for the procurement of stock epinephrine.

Permits schools and camps to stock non-patient-specific epinephrine auto-injectors.

SponsorReps. Mike Duffey, Terry Johnson

Updates Ohio law to include FDA-approved intranasal epinephrine spray and other future delivery systems as authorized treatments for severe allergic reactions in schools.

Ohio School Food Allergy & Epinephrine Law

Requires Ohio school districts to establish written food allergy protection policies and permits schools to procure and maintain stock epinephrine auto-injectors under a prescriber-issued protocol.

Authorizes public and nonpublic schools to procure and maintain a supply of asthma inhalers for use in emergency situations.

Requires first responders to be trained to administer epinephrine delivery systems.

WI SB156

A pending bill that would require first responders in Wisconsin to be trained to administer epinephrine delivery systems, addressing gaps where police and EMTs may not currently carry or be authorized to use epinephrine.

School Bus Epinephrine Training Act

This bill requires school bus drivers and monitors to receive training in the administration of epinephrine to treat cases of anaphylaxis during student transportation.

Emergency Medication Modernization Act

Proposed legislation to permit students diagnosed with asthma or at risk of anaphylaxis to carry and self-administer rescue inhalers and epinephrine, and expands the definition of epinephrine to include newer delivery methods like intranasal sprays.

Child Care Center Epinephrine Requirement Bill

Requires child care centers to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors and permits trained staff to administer them to any child believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction, regardless of a prior prescription.

Stock Epinephrine on School Buses Bill

Proposed legislation that would require every school bus to be equipped with at least two stock epinephrine auto-injectors and require drivers to be trained in their use.

WI SB156

A pending bill that would require first responders in Wisconsin to be trained to administer epinephrine delivery systems, addressing gaps where police and EMTs may not currently carry or be authorized to use epinephrine.

School Bus Epinephrine Training Act

This bill requires school bus drivers and monitors to receive training in the administration of epinephrine to treat cases of anaphylaxis during student transportation.

Emergency Medication Modernization Act

Proposed legislation to permit students diagnosed with asthma or at risk of anaphylaxis to carry and self-administer rescue inhalers and epinephrine, and expands the definition of epinephrine to include newer delivery methods like intranasal sprays.

Establishes a structured, science-based approach to addressing indoor air quality in school buildings to mitigate environmental asthma triggers.

Establishes a structured, science-based approach to improving indoor air quality in schools to reduce exposure to asthma triggers like mold and poor ventilation.

Amends state law to require training for school bus drivers and monitors in the administration of epinephrine for allergic emergencies.