1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring schools to maintain a supply of non-patient-specific 
1.3 	epinephrine auto-injectors;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 121A.2207.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 121A.2207, is amended to read:
1.6 	121A.2207 LIFE-THREATENING ALLERGIES IN SCHOOLS; STOCK SUPPLY 
1.7 	OF EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTORS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Districts and schools permitted required to maintain 
1.9 	supply. Notwithstanding section 151.37, districts and schools may must  obtain and possess 
1.10 	a minimum stock of at least two epinephrine auto-injectors to be maintained and administered 
1.11 	by school personnel to a student or other individual if, in good faith, it is determined that 
1.12 	person is experiencing anaphylaxis regardless of whether the student or other individual 
1.13 	has a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector. The administration of an a 
1.14 	non-patient-specific epinephrine auto-injector in accordance with this section is not the 
1.15 	practice of medicine.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Arrangements with manufacturers. A district or school may enter into 
1.17 	arrangements with manufacturers of epinephrine auto-injectors to obtain epinephrine 
1.18 	auto-injectors at fair-market, free, or reduced prices, such as through the national 
1.19 	EpiPens4Schools program or other similar programs implemented under the School Access 
1.20 	to Emergency Epinephrine Act. A third party, other than a manufacturer or supplier, may 
1.21 	pay for a school's supply of epinephrine auto-injectors.