,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cege  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #aj1  
#bjbd,mr4 ,braun 7for himself and ,mr4  
,peters7 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 give a preference1 with respect to   
project grants for preventive health    
services1 for ,states that allow all    
trained individuals to carry and        
administer epinephrine1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as ,dillon's ,law4  #b4    
,preference for ,states that allow all  
trained individuals to carry and        
administer epinephrine ,section #cag of 
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;b7 is amended by adding  
at the end the following3  7o7          
,preference  7#a7 ,in general ,in       
awarding grants under this section1 the 
,secretary shall give preference to any 

,state that-- 7,a7 permits all trained  
individuals to carry and administer     
epinephrine to any individual reasonably
 believed to be having an anaphylactic  
reaction2 and  7,b7 provides to the     
,secretary the certification described  
in paragraph 7#b74  7#b7 ,civil         
liability protection law ,the           
certification described in this         
paragraph is a certification made by the
 attorney general of the ,state that the
 ,state-- 7,a7 has a civil liability    
protection law2  7,b7 has reviewed such 
law to determine the application of such
 law with regard to a trained individual
 who may administer epinephrine to      
another individual reasonably believed  
to be having an anaphylactic reaction2  
and  7,c7 has concluded that such law   
provides adequate civil liability       
protection applicable to such a trained 
individual4  7#c7 ,rule of construction 
,nothing in this subsection creates a   
cause of action or in any other way     
increases or diminishes the liability of

 any person under any other law4  7#d7  
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
subsection3 7,a7 ,the term civil        
liability protection law means a ,state 
law offering liability protection to    
individuals who give aid on a voluntary 
basis in an emergency to an individual  
who is ill1 in peril1 or otherwise      
incapacitated4  7,b7 ,the term trained  
individual means an individual-- 7i7 who
 has received training in the           
administration of epinephrine2 and  7ii7
 whose training in the administration of
 epinephrine meets appropriate medical  
standards and has been approved by the  
,state4  4