Bill > AB228

This bill, known as the Zacky's Food Allergy Safety Treatment (FAST) Act, updates California education law to replace references to "epinephrine auto-injectors" with "epinephrine delivery systems" across multiple sections of the Education Code. The bill requires school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to provide at least one type of FDA-approved epinephrine delivery system, which is a disposable device designed to deliver a premeasured dose of epinephrine to prevent or treat life-threatening allergic reactions (anaphylaxis). The legislation maintains existing requirements for training school personnel in recognizing anaphylaxis symptoms, proper storage and use of epinephrine delivery systems, and emergency follow-up procedures. It also preserves provisions allowing students to carry and self-administer epinephrine with appropriate medical and parental documentation. The bill includes language to ensure that if the state mandates additional costs to local educational agencies, those agencies will be reimbursed. Notably, the bill is classified as an urgency statute, meaning it will take effect immediately to enable schools to quickly adopt and implement these updated epinephrine delivery systems.

Budget and Finance, Education

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB228