Mississippi House Bill 55 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Each School In Every School District To Have Epinephrine Auto-injectors 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; To Prescribe The Minimum Requirements Of The Policy; To Provide That Only Licensed Medical Professionals Or School Personnel Trained By Licensed Medical Professionals Are Authorized To Administer An Epinephrine Auto-injector For A Person In Emergency Anaphylaxis; 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 Epinephrine Auto-injectors; To Amend Section 37-11-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

School districts; require all schools to have epinephrine auto-injectors in every building and cafeteria.

Rep. Orlando Paden [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-04	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	11	71	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0055.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0055IN.htm