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House Bill 1849 |
House Author: Klick |
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Effective: 6-14-19 |
Senate Sponsor: Menéndez |
House Bill 1849 amends the Human Resources Code to authorize a state‑licensed physician, or a person who has been delegated prescriptive authority, to prescribe epinephrine auto‑injectors in the name of a day‑care center and to provide for the administration of an epinephrine auto‑injector to a person reasonably believed to be experiencing anaphylaxis under a standing order without requiring a previously established physician‑patient relationship. The bill makes each day‑care center responsible for training employees in the administration of an epinephrine auto‑injector and sets out a reporting requirement applicable after a day‑care center employee administers an epinephrine auto‑injector. The bill provides for the immunity from civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action of a person for an action or failure to act relating to the prescription of an epinephrine auto‑injector to a day‑care center or the administration of an epinephrine auto‑injector in a day‑care center.