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S. 1884: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

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S. 1884: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-11-17 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7704-7705)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-11-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7704-7705) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

Plain summary

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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School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · 38 cosponsors

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Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] reported raising $84,084 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong112-s1884 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112