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S 1503 113th Congress Senate

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference given, in awarding certain asthma-related grants, to certain States (those allowing tr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference given, in awarding certain asthma-related grants, to certain States (those allowing trained school personnel to administer epinephrine and meeting other related requirements).

Introduced: October 1, 2013 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Health AllergiesCardiovascular and respiratory healthChild healthCivil actions and liability
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Drug therapyElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth programs administration and fundingSchool administrationState and local government operations
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Sep 12, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6449)
Sep 12, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6448-6449)
Sep 12, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 12, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6449)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to asthma-related grants for child health services, to give an additional preference to a state that allows self-administration of asthma and anaphylaxis medication and makes a certification concerning the adequacy of the state's civil liability protection law to protect trained school personnel who may administer epinephrine to a student reasonably believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction.

Requires elementary and secondary schools in such a state to: (1) permit trained personnel to administer epinephrine to a student reasonably believed to be having such a reaction, (2) maintain a supply of epinephrine in a secure location that is easily accessible to trained personnel for such treatment, and (3) have in place a plan for having on the school premises during operating hours one or more designated personnel trained in administration of epinephrine.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1503: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1503/
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"S. 1503: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1503/.
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