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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.

Ensures students with severe allergies have access to the most up-to-date lifesaving treatment options, including intranasal epinephrine spray, while at school.

Requires the North Carolina State Board of Education to adopt a mandatory policy for all local school administrative units to manage students with life-threatening food allergies.

Elijah's Law

This bill establishes food allergy safety and anaphylaxis response protocols in licensed child care centers and family day care homes.

New Jersey Restaurant Allergen Disclosure Act (S.3394/A.4826)

S.3394/A.4826 requires New Jersey food service businesses to provide clear and conspicuous written notice of major food allergens (the top 9) that they know or reasonably should know are contained in each menu item, including temporary menu items. Disclosure may be on the menu, via a QR code linking to a website, or on separate written materials. More than 950,000 New Jersey residents live with food allergies, yet restaurants are currently not required to clearly disclose allergens.

Elijah's Law

Pennsylvania's Elijah's Law (HB 928) to ensure childcare employees have access to and training on epinephrine devices, passed the House in June 2025 and is now pending in the Senate.

ADINA Act

Requires drug labels for human use to clearly identify any ingredient derived from a major food allergen or gluten-containing grain; drugs without disclosure deemed misbranded.

SponsorRep. Kelly Morrison (MN-03) (Bipartisan)

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to include gluten-containing grain in the definition of a major food allergen.

SponsorRep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

School nurse or trained employee may administer epinephrine under standing protocol.

Stock Epinephrine in Maine Schools

Permits public and private schools in Maine to stock non-patient-specific epinephrine auto-injectors under a collaborative practice agreement or standing order to treat suspected anaphylaxis.

Chapter 40 Medication Rule

Provides specific regulatory requirements for training unlicensed school personnel to administer medications and outlines the protocols for students to self-carry emergency inhalers and epinephrine.

Student Asthma and Anaphylaxis Self-Carry Update

Proposed bill to modernize student self-carry rights to explicitly include intranasal epinephrine and updated asthma rescue delivery methods.

Pending Bill H.3621 (School Bus Safety and Health)

A proposed bill (tracked in recent sessions) aimed at enhancing bus safety. Legislative analysts have suggested amendments to include mandatory medical kits including epinephrine.

Epinephrine Update Bill

Proposed legislation to clarify and expand the ability of school nurses and designated personnel to administer epinephrine to any individual on school premises believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis, providing further liability protections.