MO HB2249

Creates "Elijah's Law" requiring all licensed child care providers to adopt allergy prevention and response policies by July 1, 2028, with priority on addressing potentially deadly food-borne allergies

Requires policies to address building-wide, room-level, and individual approaches to allergy management, including Section 504 plans for children with allergies determined to be disabilities

Mandates the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education develop model allergy policies by July 1, 2027, in cooperation with appropriate professional associations

Updates existing law to replace "auto-injector" with "epinephrine delivery device" throughout Section 196.990, expanding the types of devices that can be used to administer epinephrine

Explicitly adds child care facilities to the list of authorized entities permitted to stock epinephrine delivery devices and train staff to administer them during anaphylaxis emergencies