New Law Provides Students Access to Life-Saving Medications at School | Georgia Department of Public Health

New Law Provides Students Access to Life-Saving Medications at School | Georgia Department of Public Health

• A new Georgia law ensures students with asthma have access to life-saving inhalers at school and provides immunity for trained staff to administer an inhaler to a student believed to be experiencing respiratory distress, regardless of whether the student has a prescription.
• Colorado’s Building Bridges for Asthma Care, an inner-city program, helped reduce asthmatic student absenteeism by up to 20%, according to a new study.