Mississippi House Bill 708 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Each School In Every School District To Have An Epinephrine Auto-injector And An Automated External Defibrillator (aed) In Each Educational Building, Central Administrative Office And Cafeteria, Stored In A Secure And Easily Accessible Location Within Each Respective Building; To Define The Terms Used In This Act; To Require Each Local School Board To Adopt And Implement A Policy Regarding The Maintenance, Storage, Administration And Disposal Of Epinephrine Auto-injectors, And The Maintenance, Storage, Testing And Use Of Aeds; To Prescribe The Minimum Requirements Of The Policy; To Provide That Only Licensed Medical Professionals Or School Personnel Trained By Licensed Medical Professionals Shall Be Authorized To Administer Epinephrine Auto-injectors Or Use An Aed For Person In Emergency Anaphylaxis Or Cardiac Arrest; To Require The State Department Of Health, In Consultation With The State Superintendent Of Public Education, To Establish Guidelines For The Development Of Policies By Local School Districts; To Require The State Department Of Health To Adopt Rules Regarding The Maintenance, Storage, Administration And Disposal Of An Epinephrine Auto-injector, And The Maintenance, Storage, Testing And Use Of Aeds In Public Schools; And For Related Purposes.

School districts; require each school to have epinephrine auto-injectors and AEDs in every building and cafeteria.

Rep. Orlando Paden [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0708.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0708IN.htm