Substitute Senate Bill No. 706 Summary

• Allows authorized entities (for-profit or nonprofit organizations with at least one trained person) to acquire and maintain epinephrine cartridge injectors from wholesalers after establishing a medical protocol with a prescribing practitioner.

• Permits trained persons employed by authorized entities to provide or administer epinephrine injectors to individuals experiencing anaphylaxis, regardless of whether they have a prescription or prior allergic diagnosis.

• Grants civil and criminal immunity to prescribing practitioners, trained persons, and authorized entities for ordinary negligence when providing or administering epinephrine in good faith, excluding gross negligence and willful misconduct.

• Requires authorized entities to maintain documentation of acquired epinephrine injectors, designate responsible personnel, store injectors accessibly, and report all administrations to the prescribing practitioner within thirty days.

• Extends similar immunity protections to state and political subdivision employees trained to use epinephrine cartridge injectors during the course of their employment.