Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to child care facilities and epinephrine auto-injector supplies
Topics:Health careChild care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 19, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Child care facilities can now get prescriptions to keep epinephrine auto-injectors on hand for emergencies. Staff members can use these tools to help anyone at the facility who is having a severe allergic reaction. The Department of Human Services will create rules for how these medicines are stored, used, and how staff are trained.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to child care facilities and epinephrine auto-injector supplies.1. Personnel authorized to administer epinephrine may provide or administer an epinephrine auto-injector from the facility’s supply to an individual present at the facility if such personnel reasonably and in good faith believe the individual is having an anaphylactic reaction. The bill requires the department of human services to adopt rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A to implement and administer the bill, including but not limited to standards and procedures for the prescription, distribution, storage, replacement, and administration of epinephrine auto-injectors, and for training and authorization to be required for personnel authorized to administer epinephrine.