| Vote Recommendation | Economic Freedom | Property Rights | Personal Responsibility | Limited Government | Individual Liberty |
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| Yes | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Positive | Neutral |
Relating to policies and training regarding the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public institutions of higher education; providing immunity.
This bill would allow institutes of higher education to adopt and implement policies regarding the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on the institution's campus including training and allowing personnel that are trained and authorized to administer epinephrine auto-injectors to administer the drug to persons reasonably believed to be experiencing anaphylactic shock.
Physicians would be allowed to prescribe auto-injectors in the name of a university and the university would be required to store the auto-injectors in a secure location easily accessible to those authorized and trained to administer them. The university would be required to report the required information not later than the 10th day after epinephrine is administered to a person on the campus to the physician who prescribed the auto-injector and the commissioner of state health services.
The bill would lastly give immunity from civil and criminal liability to a person acting in a way described under the section as long as they acted in good faith and did not act recklessly or with willful misconduct.