An Act Inhalers and
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0052
Committee Amendment CA_A_H237 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §2496

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/J,, to H.P. 48, L.D. 52, 
To 
Authorize 
Certain 
Campers 
To 
Carry 
Asthma 
Epinephrine Pens on Their Persons" 
Bill, "An Act 
Inhalers 
and 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Authorize Certain Campers To Self-administer Emergency 
Medication' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
title and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, there are 225 children's camps in Maine serving 
more than 65,000 children; and 
Whereas, ready access to certain emergency medications can 
save the lives of children with asthma, severe allergies and 
other medical conditions; and 
Whereas, immediate enactment of this law is necessary to 
ensure that policies are in place for the summer camp season 
beginning June 2005; and 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. If .. to H.P. 48, L.D. 52 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts 
create an emergency wi thin the meaning of the Constitution of 
Maine 
and 
require 
the 
following 
legislation 
as 
immediately 
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 
safety: now, therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2496, as amended by PL 1999, c. 727, §1, is 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
§2496. 
RuIes and po1icies 
1. 
Department ru1emating. 
The department is authorized and 
empowered to make and enforce all necessary rules and regulations 
for the administration of this chapter, and may rescind or modify 
such rules and regulations from time to time as may be in the 
public interest, insofar as such action is not in conflict with 
any of the provisions of this chapter. 
Rules adopted pursuant to 
this sybsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 
5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
2. Recreational camps for chi 1dren: emergency medication. 
A 
recreational camp for boys or girls must have a written policy 
~horizing campers 
to 
self-administer 
emergency 
medication, 
including, 
but 
not 
limited 
to, 
an 
asthma 
inhaler 
or 
an 
epinephrine pen. 
The written policy must include the following 
reguirements: 
A. 
A camper who self-administers emergency medication must 
have the prior written approval of the camper's primary 
health care provider and the camper's parent or guardian: 
B. 
The camper's parent or guardian must submit wr itten 
verification to the camp from the camper's primary health 
care provider confirming that the camper has the knowledge 
and 
the skills to 
safely self-administer the 
emergency 
medication in CamPi 
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D. 
The emergens;;y medis;;ation mu§t be readily avgilgble to 
the camper. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .}1" to H.P. 48, L.D. 52 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the bill. 
It broadens 
the application of the bill to emergency medications rather than 
only asthma inhalers and epinephrine pens. 
The amendment deletes 
the provision of the bill that would require camps to allow 
children to possess certain emergency medications and replaces it 
with 
a 
requirement that the emergency medication be readily 
available to the camper. 
The amendment also adds an emergency 
preamble and clause to the bill so that it takes effect upon 
approval. 
The amendment repeals and reenacts the authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt routine 
technical rules. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/07 /05 ~ac:.. 
LD52 
LR0152(02) 
An Act To Authorize Certain Campers To Carry Asthma Inhalers and Epinephrine Pens on Their 
Persons 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,~, 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Any additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services in implementing this bill can be absorbed by 
the department utilizing existing resources. 
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