Education - As enacted, expands the prescribed forms of epinephrine that an LEA or nonpublic school is authorized to administer when a student is believed to be experiencing a life-threatening allergic or anaphylactic reaction to any prescribed form of epinephrine, not just epinephrine auto-injectors. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5.

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The bill authorizes public and non‑public schools to maintain prescribed epinephrine and to administer it when a student does not have a personal dose or is experiencing a first‑time reaction. It also permits physicians to write prescriptions for schools and provides limited liability protection for doctors and school staff who give the medication in good faith.

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