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House Bill 139

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Last Action	to Rules (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to emergency allergy treatment.
Bill Documents	Bill
Bill Request Number	314
Sponsors	A. Wuchner, S. Westrom
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to define terms; require the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations for emergency allergy treatment training and certification and stocking of epinephrine auto-injectors; permit the department to approve training by entities including the Kentucky Board of Nursing; permit health care practitioners to prescribe to permit certified individuals to administer and provide epinephrine auto-injectors; permit authorized entities to stock epinephrine auto-injectors; provide for immunity from civil liability for any personal injury for good faith actions to treat an allergic reaction in an emergency when a health care practitioner is not immediately available; title the Act as the Emergency Allergy Treatment Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Diseases - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Drugs and Medicines - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Emergency Medical Services - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Health and Medical Services - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Nurses - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Pharmacists - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Physicians and Practitioners - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Public Health - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Public Health, emergency allergy treatment Popular Names and Short Titles - BR 314, Emergency Allergy Treatment Act
Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1

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01/07/15	introduced in House
01/09/15	to Health & Welfare (H)
02/10/15	posted in committee
02/12/15	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute
02/13/15	2nd reading, to Rules
02/23/15	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 24, 2015 taken from the Consent Orders of the Day, placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
03/23/15	taken from the Regular Orders of the Day to Rules (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions of the bill except to delete the requirement for the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations for emergency allergy treatment training, certification, and stocking of epinephrine auto-injectors; permit the American Red Cross to provide training; delete provisions related to remote consultation.
Index Headings	Diseases - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Drugs and Medicines - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Emergency Medical Services - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Health and Medical Services - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Nurses - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Pharmacists - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Physicians and Practitioners - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Public Health - Emergency allergy treatment, requirements Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Public Health, emergency allergy treatment Popular Names and Short Titles - BR 314, Emergency Allergy Treatment Act

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