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Virginia has introduced entity stock epinephrine legislation that is currently pending in the state legislature.

Requires public schools in Virginia to maintain a supply of epinephrine and authorizes trained personnel to administer it to students experiencing anaphylaxis.

Every place of public accommodation may make epinephrine available for administration.

Virginia Restaurant Food Allergy Awareness Act

Directs the Virginia Department of Health to require retail food establishments to display food allergy awareness notices and include consumer allergy notification prompts on menus.

SponsorJennifer B. Boysko

Food Allergy Awareness Notice Act

Mandates that restaurants display food allergy awareness notifications for customers and back-of-house staff to mitigate allergen cross-contact risks.

Carryout Food Allergen Identification Law

Requires restaurants altering food for consumer-identified food allergies to affix an identifying marker on delivery and carryout food packaging.

Stock Albuterol Bill

This pending bill would explicitly authorize school districts to maintain a stock of albuterol inhalers and spacers for emergency use. It provides civil immunity for school nurses and trained staff who administer the medication to a student believed to be in respiratory distress, regardless of whether the student has a personal prescription.

California SB 1347 authorizing schools to provide emergency stock albuterol inhalers and explicitly authorizing pharmacies to furnish them to local educational agencies.

Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act

Authorizes EPA grants to help communities upgrade air quality systems and protect vulnerable populations, including children with asthma, from hazardous wildfire smoke and extreme heat.

SponsorSen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) (Democratic)

Stock Albuterol Bill

Proposed legislation to allow schools to maintain a stock supply of albuterol and other asthma rescue medications for emergency use by students experiencing respiratory distress.

NJ Stock Albuterol Bill

Authorizes schools to maintain a supply of stock albuterol metered-dose inhalers and permits school nurses to administer them to any student in respiratory distress, regardless of a prior diagnosis.

NY School Nebulizer and Stock Albuterol Bill

A pending bill that would authorize schools to maintain stock albuterol and nebulizers for students suffering from respiratory distress, similar to the stock epinephrine laws.

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.