SB41 Summary

• Names Section 16-1-39 of the Code of Alabama 1975 the "Kyle Graddy Act" relating to student medication self-administration.

• Permits students in public and nonpublic K-12 schools to possess and self-administer auto-injectable epinephrine on school property and at school-sponsored events with parental authorization and physician approval.

• Defines auto-injectable epinephrine as a disposable drug delivery device containing a premeasured single dose of epinephrine used to treat life-threatening allergic reactions.

• Requires parental written authorization, acknowledgment of liability indemnification, and written medical authorization from a physician before a student may self-administer any approved medication.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval or upon otherwise becoming law.