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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2066 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 507 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to emergency stock epinephrine in schools. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2023Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden1/26/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/26/2023F. Jay Barrows1st Bristol1/26/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/27/2023Angelo L. D'Emilia8th Plymouth1/29/2023Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/30/2023Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2023Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester2/1/2023Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/9/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2066 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 507 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 507) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others that schools be required to maintain non-patient specific |
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| 20 | 20 | | epinephrine auto-injectors to be used in the event of anaphylactic emergencies. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 630 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to emergency stock epinephrine in schools. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 54B of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3the following:— |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, each school |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5shall maintain a stock supply of non-patient specific epinephrine to be administered in the event |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6of an anaphylactic emergency. The department of public health shall promulgate regulations |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7requiring school districts to adopt and implement policies pursuant to this section. Such |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8regulations shall require that stock epinephrine be stored in an easily accessible unlocked |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9location, the number and type of epinephrine auto-injectors required be based on school |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10population, that the individuals authorized to administer epinephrine meet certain training 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11requirements for such administration, and that the stock inventory be checked at regular intervals |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12for expiration and replacement. A school nurse or other authorized individual who provides, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13administers, or assists in the administration of epinephrine to a student believed in good faith to |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14be having an anaphylactic reaction shall not be liable for any civil damages for negligence in acts |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment. Whenever any employee of a school |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16district is covered by the immunity granted herein, the school district employing the individual |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17shall not be liable for any civil damages for negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18rendering of such treatment. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20of public health in conjunction with the department of elementary and secondary education shall |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21make all reasonable efforts to obtain federal funding or reimbursement for the implementation of |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22this act. The department of public health in conjunction with the department of elementary and |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23secondary education shall inquire about free epinephrine from pharmaceutical companies. |
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