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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 serv-
ices, for States that allow trained individuals to carry 
and administer epinephrine, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Epi for Dilly Act of 
2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREFERENCE FOR STATES THAT ALLOW TRAINED 
INDIVIDUALS TO CARRY AND ADMINISTER 
EPINEPHRINE. 
Section 317 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247b) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(n) PREFERENCE
FOR
STATES
THAT
ALLOW 
TRAINED INDIVIDUALS TO CARRY AND ADMINISTER EPI-
NEPHRINE.— 
‘‘(1) PREFERENCE.—The Secretary, in making 
grants under this section, shall give preference to 
any State that— 
‘‘(A) permits a trained individual to ad-
minister epinephrine to any individual reason-
ably believed to be having an anaphylactic reac-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) provides to the Secretary the certifi-
cation described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) CIVIL LIABILITY PROTECTION LAW.—The 
certification described in this paragraph is a certifi-
cation made by the attorney general of the State 
that the State— 
‘‘(A) has a civil liability protection law; 
‘‘(B) has reviewed such law to determine 
the application of such law with regard to a 
trained individual who may administer epineph-
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rine to another individual reasonably believed to 
be having an anaphylactic reaction; and 
‘‘(C) has concluded that such law provides 
adequate civil liability protection applicable to 
such a trained individual. 
‘‘(3) 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 law. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘civil liability protection 
law’ means a State law offering liability protec-
tion to individuals who give aid on a voluntary 
basis in an emergency to an individual who is 
ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘trained individual’ means 
an individual— 
‘‘(i) who has received training in the 
administration of epinephrine; and 
‘‘(ii) whose training in the administra-
tion of epinephrine meets appropriate med-
ical standards and has been approved by 
the State.’’. 
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