,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aejc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ab1
 #bjac ,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,kirk1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4 
,warner1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1  
,mr4 ,baucus1 ,ms4 ,landrieu1 ,mr4      
,cochran1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,rubio1
 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,south ,dakota1 ,mr4  
,blunt1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,ms4 ,mikulski1 
,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4   
,franken1 ,mrs4 ,hagan1 and ,mr4        
,markey7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
to increase the preference given1 in    
awarding certain asthma-related grants1 
to certain ,states 7those allowing      
trained school personnel to administer  
epinephrine and meeting other related   
requirements74  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,school ,access
 to ,emergency ,epinephrine ,act4  #b4  

,additional preference to certain       
,states that allow trained school       
personnel to administer epinephrine     
,section #cii,l7d7 of part ,p of title  
,,iii of the ,public ,health ,service   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;g7d77 is       
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by   
adding at the end the following3  7,f7  
,school personnel administration of     
epinephrine ,in determining the         
preference 7if any7 to be given to a    
,state under this subsection1 the       
,secretary shall give additional        
preference to a ,state that provides to 
the ,secretary the certification        
described in subparagraph 7,g7 and that 
requires that each public elementary    
school and secondary school in the      
,state--  7i7 permits trained personnel 
of the school to administer epinephrine 
to any student of the school reasonably 
believed to be having an anaphylactic   
reaction2  7ii7 maintains a supply of   
epinephrine in a secure location that is
 easily accessible to trained personnel 

of the school for the purpose of        
administration to any student of the    
school reasonably believed to be having 
an anaphylactic reaction2 and  7iii7 has
 in place a plan for having on the      
premises of the school during all       
operating hours of the school one or    
more individuals who are trained        
personnel of the school4  7,g7 ,civil   
liability protection law ,the           
certification required in subparagraph  
7,f7 shall be a certification made by   
the ,state attorney general that the    
,state has reviewed any applicable civil
 liability protection law to determine  
the application of such law with regard 
to elementary and secondary school      
trained personnel who may administer    
epinephrine to a student reasonably     
believed to be having an anaphylactic   
reaction and has concluded that such law
 provides adequate civil liability      
protection applicable to such trained   
personnel4 ,for purposes of the previous
 sentence1 the term civil liability     

protection law means a ,state law       
offering legal protection to individuals
 who give aid on a voluntary basis in an
 emergency to an individual who is ill1 
in peril1 or otherwise incapacitated4  2
 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by adding 
at the end the following3  7,e7 ,the    
term trained personnel means1 with      
respect to an elementary or secondary   
school an individual--  7i7 who has been
 designated by the principal 7or other  
appropriate administrative staff7 of the
 school to administer epinephrine on a  
voluntary basis outside their scope of  
employment2  7ii7 who has received      
training in the administration of       
epinephrine2 and  7iii7 whose training  
in the administration of epinephrine    
meets appropriate medical standards and 
has been documented by appropriate      
administrative staff of the school4  4