Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB156 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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4	4	2025 SENATE BILL 156
5	5	March 26, 2025 - Introduced by Senators TESTIN, JACQUE, CABRAL-GUEVARA and L.
6	6	JOHNSON, cosponsored by Representatives KRUG, BEHNKE, CALLAHAN,
7	7	KAUFERT, KREIBICH, MELOTIK, MIRESSE, MURSAU, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI,
8	8	SUBECK and WICHGERS. Referred to Committee on Government Operations,
9	9	Labor and Economic Development.
10	10	AN ACT to create 255.075 of the statutes; relating to: requiring first
11	11	responders to be trained to administer epinephrine delivery systems.
12	12	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
13	13	This bill requires first responders to be trained in how to recognize signs and
14	14	symptoms of severe allergic reactions, standards and procedures for the storage and
15	15	administration of an epinephrine delivery system, and emergency follow-up
16	16	procedures after an epinephrine delivery system is administered and requires first
17	17	responders to have an epinephrine delivery system available to the first responder
18	18	for use at all times while on duty. First responders include conservation wardens,
19	19	correctional officers, emergency medical responders, emergency medical services
20	20	practitioners, firefighters, and law enforcement officers. The Department of Health
21	21	Services is required to identify organizations that conduct trainings that cover all
22	22	the subjects that first responders are required to be trained in under the bill.
23	23	Finally, the bill allows DHS to distribute epinephrine delivery systems to first
24	24	responders who are trained in all subjects described under the bill or to employers
25	25	of first responders who are trained in all subjects described under the bill to be used
26	26	by those first responders.
27	27	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
28	28	printed as an appendix to this bill.
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34	34	SECTION 1
35	35	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
36	36	enact as follows:
37	37	SECTION 1. 255.075 of the statutes is created to read:
38	38	255.075 Use of epinephrine delivery systems by first responders. (1)
39	39	In this section:
40	40	(a) XAdministerY means to directly apply an epinephrine delivery system to
41	41	the body of an individual.
42	42	(b) XEpinephrine delivery systemY has the meaning given in s. 255.07 (1) (cm).
43	43	(c) XFirst responderY means any of the following:
44	44	1. Conservation warden under s. 23.10.
45	45	2. Correctional officer, as defined in s. 102.475 (8) (a).
46	46	3. Emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p).
47	47	4. Emergency medical services practitioner, as defined in s. 256.01 (5).
48	48	5. Firefighter, as defined in s. 36.27 (3m) (a) 1m.
49	49	6. Law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c).
50	50	(2) The department shall identify organizations that conduct trainings, either
51	51	online or in person, that cover all of the subjects required under sub. (3). The
52	52	department shall compile a list of all organizations identified under this subsection,
53	53	post the list on the department[s website, and update the list as necessary.
54	54	(3) Each first responder shall be trained in all of the following:
55	55	(a) How to recognize signs and symptoms of severe allergic reactions,
56	56	including anaphylaxis.
57	57	(b) Standards and procedures for the storage and administration of an
58	58	epinephrine delivery system.
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84	84	SECTION 1
85	85	(c) Emergency follow-up procedures after an epinephrine delivery system is
86	86	administered.
87	87	(4) Each first responder shall have an epinephrine delivery system available
88	88	to the first responder for use at all times while on duty.
89	89	(5) From the appropriation under s. 20.435 (1) (a), the department may
90	90	distribute epinephrine delivery systems to first responders who are trained in all
91	91	subjects described under sub. (3) or to employers of first responders who are trained
92	92	in all subjects described under sub. (3) to be administered by those first responders.
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