Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2008
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies a policy to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools to be implemented on a voluntary basis only. Directs that such policy address: (1) the documentation of student allergies and the development of an individual health care plan for each such student; (2) communication with emergency medical services, school staff, parents, and students; (3) reduction of exposure to causative agents of food allergies; (4) food allergy management training; and (5) administration of epinephrine.
Allows the Secretary to award grants to assist local educational agencies in implementing such food allergy management guidelines.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.