Bill Text: NH HB1088 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Enabling schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-14 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/14/2024; Chapter 12; eff. 05/14/2024 [HB1088 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1088-Enrolled.html
HB 1088 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2024 SESSION
24-2429
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1088
AN ACT enabling schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors.
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Nelson, Rock. 13; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Ball, Rock. 25; Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 18; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows school districts to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors for use in the event of an allergic emergency.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2429
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT enabling schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Supply of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors. Amend RSA 200 by inserting after section 44-a the following new section:
200:44-b Supply of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors.
I. A school board may authorize a school nurse who is employed by the school district and for whom the board is responsible to maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors for use in the event of an allergic emergency. The nurse shall determine the quantity of medication the school should maintain.
II. To obtain life-saving allergy medication for a school district, a health care practitioner may prescribe epinephrine auto-injectors in the name of a school district for use in life-saving allergy emergency situations.
III. A pharmacist may dispense epinephrine auto-injectors pursuant to a prescription issued in the name of a school. A school, under the direction of the school nurse, may maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors for use in accordance with this subdivision.
IV. A school may enter into an agreement with a manufacturer of epinephrine auto-injectors, third-party suppliers of epinephrine auto-injectors, or health care offices to obtain epinephrine auto-injectors at no charge or at fair-market prices or at reduced prices. A school district may accept gifts, grants or donations from foundations, organizations, or private parties to purchase epinephrine auto-injectors.
V. A school that possesses and makes available a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors pursuant to this subdivision shall maintain an annual report summarizing the use of the epinephrine auto-injectors.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
