2014 House Bill 5668

Authorize “epi-pens” in restaurants, camps, arenas and more

Introduced in the House

June 12, 2014

Introduced by Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R-86)

To expand to restaurants, recreation camps, youth sports leagues, amusement parks, sports arenas and other “authorized facilities” at which allergens capable of causing anaphylaxis may be present, a law that allows physicians to prescribe epinephrine auto injectors to schools to keep in their facilities. This law also waives the legal liability of an authorized employee or agent of the facility who has specified training and who provides or administers the drug to a person he or she believes in good faith to be experiencing anaphylaxis, except for gross negligence.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

Sept. 30, 2014

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.