Alabama Senate passes bill allowing nasal epinephrine use in schools

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: April 8, 2026

Words: 277

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Alabama Senate on Wednesday passed a bill allowing schools to stock and administer single-dose premeasured epinephrine.

HB 533, sponsored by Rep. Margie Wilcox, R-Mobile, allows the use of such epinephrine in addition to single-dose auto-injectable epinephrine, or an EpiPen. The premeasured epinephrine is a nasal spray, known as Neffy. Sen. April Weaver, R-Hoover, a nurse, carried the bill in the Senate.

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