H. R. 2094 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen 
An Act 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the preference given, in awarding 
certain asthma-related grants, to certain States (those allowing trained school 
personnel to administer epinephrine and meeting other related requirements). 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Access to Emergency 
Epinephrine Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL PREFERENCE TO CERTAIN STATES THAT ALLOW 
TRAINED SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO ADMINISTER EPINEPH-
RINE. 
Section 399L(d) of part P of title III of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) SCHOOL PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION OF EPINEPH-
RINE.—In determining the preference (if any) to be given 
to a State under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 
additional preference to a State that provides to the Sec-
retary the certification described in subparagraph (G) and 
that requires that each public elementary school and sec-
ondary school in the State— 
‘‘(i) permits trained personnel of the school to 
administer epinephrine to any student of the school 
reasonably believed to be having an anaphylactic reac-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) 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 reaction; and 
‘‘(iii) 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 school. 
‘‘(G) CIVIL
LIABILITY
PROTECTION
LAW.—The certifi-
cation required in subparagraph (F) 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
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concluded that such law provides adequate civil liability 
protection applicable to such trained personnel. For pur-
poses of the previous sentence, 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 ill, in peril, or otherwise 
incapacitated.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) The term ‘trained personnel’ means, with respect 
to an elementary or secondary school, an individual— 
‘‘(i) who has been designated by the principal (or 
other appropriate administrative staff) of the school 
to administer epinephrine on a voluntary basis outside 
their scope of employment; 
‘‘(ii) who has received training in the administra-
tion of epinephrine; and 
‘‘(iii) whose training in the administration of 
epinephrine meets appropriate medical standards and 
has been documented by appropriate administrative 
staff of the school.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.