CT Residents--Support this EpiPen Legislation

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Just received this email today. Please email or call again!!!

If you live in CT, please write or call Senator Williams today
and urge him to bring HB 6286 (Camps & EpiPens) to the Senate floor
for a vote by the Senate.
[url="http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6286&which_year=2005&SUBMIT.x=8&SUBMIT.y=7&SUBMIT=Search"]http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/...7&SUBMIT=Search[/url]

Senator Williams contact info is as follows:
E-mail:Williams@senatedems.ct.gov, Phone: 860-240-8600, or
toll-free 1-800-842-1420

\"Apparently, Senator Williams, who is the President Pro Tem of
the Senate, has been keeping this bill from the Senate floor for
political reasons. The only way for this to become a law is if the
Senate votes positively on it. They cannot do that if it never
comes up for a vote. We have to inundate Senator Williams with
phone calls and e-mails to let him know that we are keeping abreast
of the situation and that we care a great deal. If it is not
brought to the floor for a vote this week or next Monday/Tuesday
(i.e. before June 8th), then it will die.

Please pass this on to your contacts and members. It will be
most effective if you call him as soon as possible (phone number
below). If he is not available to come to the phone, please ask his
assistant to get your message to him IMMEDIATELY as it is
something that is relevant to today

I have done some additional research on SB6286, Public Act 05-144. The link to the 2006 supplement of the CT General Statutes is as follows:

[url="http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/sup/Chap368ll.htm"]http://www.cga.ct.gov/2006/sup/Chap368ll.htm[/url]

The original text of the bill included Private Providers, but three weeks after Governor Rell signed the Bill into law PA 05-144, another bill, HB6713, was signed into law PA 05-272, which removed the Private Providers provision. So, in summary, Private Providers who use school buildings for before or after school programs are now EXEMPT from the law.

The final text of the law is as follows:
CHAPTER 368ll
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Table of Contents

Sec. 19a-900. Use of cartridge injector by staff member of before or after school program, day camp or day care facility.

Sec. 19a-900. Use of cartridge injector by staff member of before or after school program, day camp or day care facility. (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Before or after school program" means any educational or recreational program for children administered in any building or on the grounds of any school by a local or regional board of education or other municipal agency, before or after regular school hours, or both, but does not include a program that is licensed by the Department of Public Health;
(2) "Cartridge injector" means an automatic prefilled cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard dose for emergency first aid response to allergic reactions;
(3) "Day camp" means any recreational camp program operated by a municipal agency; and
(4) "Day care facility" means any child day care center or group day care home, as defined in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 19a-77, that is excluded from the licensing requirements of sections 19a-77 to 19a-87, inclusive, by subsection (b) of section 19a-77.
(b) Upon the request and with the written authorization of the parent or guardian of a child attending any before or after school program, day camp or day care facility, and pursuant to the written order of (1) a physician licensed to practice medicine, (2) a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d, or (3) an advanced practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with sections 20-94a and 20-94b, the owner or operator of such before or after school program, day camp or day care facility shall approve and provide general supervision to an identified staff member trained to administer medication with a cartridge injector to such child if the child has a medically diagnosed allergic condition that may require prompt treatment in order to protect the child against serious harm or death. Such staff member shall be trained in the use of a cartridge injector by a licensed physician, physician's assistant, advanced practice registered nurse or registered nurse or shall complete a course in first aid offered by the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, the National Ski Patrol, the Department of Public Health or any director of health.
(P.A. 05-144, S. 2; 05-272, S. 35.)
History: P.A. 05-272 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by redefining "Before or after school program" to include programs administered, rather than offered, by a school board or municipality and by removing private providers from the definition, and amended Subsec. (b) by changing "and" to "or" in provision re training and education of staff members.
See Sec. 52-557b(h) re immunity of staff member from civil liability for rendering emergency assistance by using a cartridge injector.

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