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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.

Elijah's Law

Proposed legislation to mandate food allergy training and anaphylaxis emergency plans in all Pennsylvania childcare facilities.

Authorizes public entities such as restaurants and recreation camps to maintain stock epinephrine auto-injectors and provides liability protection for their use in emergencies.

Food Allergy Awareness Act

Amends Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to require retail food facilities to prominently display employee food-allergy-awareness posters and to include customer allergen notices on menus or other written information, and updates the state Food Code to the 2022 FDA edition.

Would require food facilities to display allergen awareness posters for staff and provide menu notices requesting customers inform staff of allergies.

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine

Permits schools to stock and administer epinephrine to students experiencing anaphylaxis, providing liability protection for designated personnel.

Elijah's Law Massachusetts

A pending bill that would require the Department of Early Education and Care to establish a policy for the management of food allergies, including the stocking of undesignated epinephrine auto-injectors in childcare centers.

Child Care Center Stock Epinephrine Bill

Authorizes childcare centers to maintain a supply of stock epinephrine auto-injectors and provides liability immunity for staff who administer it in an emergency.

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

New York bill S8587A requiring child day care centers to have epinephrine devices and staff trained to use them on site in case of anaphylaxis or other severe allergic reaction.

Federal bill to cap the cost of life-saving epinephrine injectors by establishing cost-sharing requirements under group health plans and health insurance coverage.

Gio's Law

Establishes a federal grant program for first responder agencies to obtain epinephrine auto-injectors and train police, firefighters, and emergency personnel to recognize and treat anaphylaxis.

SponsorRep. Laura Gillen (NY-04) (Bipartisan)

School Bus Driver Epinephrine Authorization Bill

Authorizes school bus drivers and monitors to administer epinephrine auto-injectors to students in an emergency and provides Good Samaritan immunity from liability.

Bus Driver Allergy Training Act

Requires all school bus drivers to complete training every two years on the symptoms of anaphylaxis and the proper administration of epinephrine auto-injectors.

Requires the Department of Education to implement a comprehensive asthma and allergy management plan, including individual action plans for students and staff training.

Proposed NC Stock Albuterol Bill

A pending bill that would allow local boards of education to maintain a supply of asthma inhalers (albuterol) and spacers for emergency use by students with a known asthma diagnosis.

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

Allows public schools to store and use epinephrine nasal sprays in addition to traditional auto-injectors.