Iowa HF 2203: A bill for an act establishing a student meal debt elimination fund under the control of the school budget review committee and making an appropriation.

Bill Text

House
File
2203
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
2203

BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND

HUMAN
SERVICES

(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2055)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
epinephrine
delivery
systems
in
schools,
1

food
establishments,
carnivals,
recreational
camps,
youth
2

sports
facilities,
and
sports
arenas.
3

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135.185,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
1

as
follows:
2

135.185
Epinephrine
auto-injector

delivery
system
supply.
3

1.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
unless
the
context
4

otherwise
requires:
5

a.
“Epinephrine
auto-injector
delivery
system
”
means
the
same
6

as
provided
in
section
280.16
.
7

b.
“Facility”
means
a
food
establishment
as
defined
in
8

section
137F.1
,
a
carnival
as
defined
in
section
88A.1
,
a
9

recreational
camp,
a
youth
sports
facility,
or
a
sports
arena.
10

c.
“Licensed
health
care
professional”
means
the
same
as
11

provided
in
section
280.16
.
12

d.
“Personnel
authorized
to
administer
epinephrine”
means
an
13

employee
or
agent
of
a
facility
who
is
trained
and
authorized
14

to
administer
an
epinephrine
auto-injector

delivery
system
.
15

2.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law
to
the
16

contrary,
a
licensed
health
care
professional
may
prescribe
17

epinephrine
auto-injectors

delivery
systems
in
the
name
of
a
18

facility
to
be
maintained
for
use
as
provided
in
this
section
.
19

3.
A
facility
may
obtain
a
prescription
for
epinephrine
20

auto-injectors

delivery
systems
and
maintain
a
supply
of
such
21

auto-injectors
delivery
systems
in
a
secure
location
at
each
22

location
where
a
member
of
the
public
may
be
present
for
use
23

as
provided
in
this
section
.
A
facility
that
obtains
such
a
24

prescription
shall
replace
epinephrine
auto-injectors

delivery
25

systems
in
the
supply
upon
use
or
expiration.
Personnel
26

authorized
to
administer
epinephrine
may
possess
and
administer
27

epinephrine
auto-injectors
delivery
systems
from
the
supply
as
28

provided
in
this
section
.
29

4.
Personnel
authorized
to
administer
epinephrine
may
30

provide
or
administer
an
epinephrine
auto-injector

delivery
31

system

from
the
facility’s
supply
to
an
individual
present
at
32

the
facility
if
such
personnel
reasonably
and
in
good
faith
33

believe
the
individual
is
having
an
anaphylactic
reaction.
34

5.
The
following
persons,
provided
they
have
acted
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reasonably
and
in
good
faith,
shall
not
be
liable
for
1

any
injury
arising
from
the
provision,
administration,
2

or
assistance
in
the
administration
of
an
epinephrine
3

auto-injector

delivery
system
as
provided
in
this
section
:
4

a.
Any
personnel
authorized
to
administer
epinephrine
who
5

provide,
administer,
or
assist
in
the
administration
of
an
6

epinephrine
auto-injector
delivery
system
to
an
individual
7

present
at
the
facility
who
such
personnel
believe
to
be
having
8

an
anaphylactic
reaction.
9

b.
The
owner
or
operator
of
the
facility.
10

c.
The
prescriber
of
the
epinephrine
auto-injector

delivery
11

system
.
12

6.
The
department,
the
board
of
medicine,
the
board
of
13

nursing,
and
the
board
of
pharmacy
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
14

to
chapter
17A
to
implement
and
administer
this
section
,
15

including
but
not
limited
to
standards
and
procedures
for
16

the
prescription,
distribution,
storage,
replacement,
and
17

administration
of
epinephrine
auto-injectors

delivery
systems
,
18

and
for
training
and
authorization
to
be
required
for
personnel
19

authorized
to
administer
epinephrine.
20

Sec.
2.
Section
280.16,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
21

follows:
22

280.16
Self-administration
of
respiratory
distress,
asthma,
23

or
other
airway
constricting
disease
medication,
epinephrine
24

auto-injectors

delivery
systems
,
bronchodilator
canisters,
or
25

bronchodilator
canisters
and
spacers.
26

1.
Definitions.
For
purposes
of
this
section
:
27

a.
“Bronchodilator”
means
a
bronchodilator
as
recommended
28

by
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
treatment
29

of
a
student’s
respiratory
distress,
asthma,
or
other
airway
30

constricting
disease.
31

b.
“Bronchodilator
canister”
means
a
portable
drug
32

delivery
device
packaged
with
multiple
premeasured
doses
of
a
33

bronchodilator.
34

c.
“Epinephrine
auto-injector

delivery
system
”
means
a
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device
for
immediate
self-administration
or
administration
by
1

another
trained
individual
of
a
measured
dose
of
epinephrine
2

to
a
person
at
risk
of
anaphylaxis
,
including
epinephrine

3

auto-injectors
and
epinephrine
nasal
sprays
.
4

d.
“
Licensed
health
care
professional”
means
a
person
5

licensed
under
chapter
148
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
6

osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery,
an
advanced
registered
nurse
7

practitioner
licensed
under
chapter
152
or
152E
and
registered
8

with
the
board
of
nursing,
or
a
physician
assistant
license