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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7873 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to give a preference, with respect 

to project grants for preventive health services, for States that allow 

trained individuals to carry and administer epinephrine, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2020 

Mr. GROTHMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to give a preference, 

with respect to project grants for preventive health services, for States that allow trained individuals to carry 

and administer epinephrine, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Epi for Dilly Act of 

5 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PREFERENCE FOR STATES THAT ALLOW TRAINED 

2 INDIVIDUALS TO CARRY AND ADMINISTER 

3 EPINEPHRINE. 

4 Section 317 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 247b) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(n) PREFERENCE FOR STATES THAT ALLOW

8 TRAINED INDIVIDUALS TO CARRY AND ADMINISTER EPI9 NEPHRINE.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PREFERENCE.—The Secretary, in making 

11 grants under this section, shall give preference to 

12 any State that— 

13 ‘‘(A) permits a trained individual to ad14 minister epinephrine to any individual reason15 ably believed to be having an anaphylactic reac16 tion; and 

17 ‘‘(B) provides to the Secretary the certifi18 cation described in paragraph (2). 

19 ‘‘(2) CIVIL LIABILITY PROTECTION LAW.—The 

20 certification described in this paragraph is a certifi21 cation made by the attorney general of the State 

22 that the State— 

23 ‘‘(A) has a civil liability protection law; 

24 ‘‘(B) has reviewed such law to determine 

25 the application of such law with regard to a 

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1 rine to another individual reasonably believed to 

2 be having an anaphylactic reaction; and 

3 ‘‘(C) has concluded that such law provides 

4 adequate civil liability protection applicable to 

5 such a trained individual. 

6 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

7 this subsection creates a cause of action or in any 

8 other way increases or diminishes the liability of any 

9 person under any other law. 

10 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(A) The term ‘civil liability protection 

13 law’ means a State law offering liability protec14 tion to individuals who give aid on a voluntary 

15 basis in an emergency to an individual who is 

16 ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. 

17 ‘‘(B) The term ‘trained individual’ means 

18 an individual— 

19 ‘‘(i) who has received training in the 

20 administration of epinephrine; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) whose training in the administra22 tion of epinephrine meets appropriate med23 ical standards and has been approved by 

24 the State.’’. 

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