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S 1884 112th Congress Senate

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

Official title: A bill to provide States with incentives to require elementary schools and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine at schools.

Introduced: January 31, 2012 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Health AllergiesChild healthCivil actions and liabilityElementary and secondary education
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7704-7705)
Nov 17, 2011
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7704-7705)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in awarding grants to states under the children's asthma treatment grants program, to favor states that require their public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) permit authorized personnel to administer epinephrine to any student believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction, and (2) maintain a supply of epinephrine that is prescribed by a licensed physician and is stored in a secure and easily accessible location. (States given this preference are also required by current law to require those schools to authorize students, under certain conditions, to self-administer medication to treat their asthma or anaphylaxis.)

Requires such states to also have a Good Samaritan law protecting school employees and agents from liability related to the administration of epinephrine to students believed, in good faith, to be having an anaphylactic reaction.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1884: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1884/
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