S. 1503: School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-09-12 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6449)

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-09-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

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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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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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Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tim Scott (R-SC), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

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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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1503.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s1503 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113