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HB 5052

AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Sam Azzinaro and 5 co-sponsors

Allows minors at licensed children’s camps to possess and use epinephrine delivery systems or inhalers with guardian and physician approval and a care plan.

06/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
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Bill Summary · HB 5052

Summary — HB 5052 (103rd Legislature)

Title: Health: other; administration of epinephrine; modify.
Statute amended: 1973 PA 116, sec. 17a (MCL 722.127a)
Tie-bar: HB 5049, HB 5050, HB 5051, HB 5053, HB 5054 (each bill must be enacted for HB 5052 to take effect)

Purpose / Intent

HB 5052 updates the law governing children’s camps to modernize and broaden the devices by which a minor may carry and self-administer epinephrine for anaphylaxis. The bill replaces references to “epinephrine auto‑injector” with the broader term “epinephrine delivery system,” as defined in the Public Health Code (see proposed MCL 333.17744a in HB 5050). The intent is to allow newer delivery forms (e.g., autoinjectors, nasal sprays, inhalers) while preserving safety and documentation requirements.

Key provisions

  • Permits a minor at a children’s camp (including camp‑sponsored transportation and camp activities) to possess and use:
    • a metered dose inhaler or dry powder inhaler for asthma, and
    • an epinephrine delivery system or epinephrine inhaler to treat anaphylaxis, provided the conditions in subsection (2) are met.
  • Conditions required:
    • Written approval from a physician or other authorized prescriber and from the minor’s parent or legal guardian authorizing possession and use.
    • The camp director has received copies of those written approvals.
    • A written emergency care plan prepared by a licensed physician (in collaboration with the child and parent/guardian) is on file and updated as needed.
  • Liability/immunity:
    • The camp, owner, director, or employee is not civilly liable for injury, death, or property loss arising from either prohibiting a child’s use (when requirements are not met) or permitting use (when requirements are met).
    • Other statutory immunities or defenses are preserved.
  • Operational requirements:
    • Camps may request (but cannot require) an extra inhaler or epinephrine delivery system from a parent/guardian for emergency use.
    • Camp directors who are aware a minor possesses an inhaler or epinephrine delivery system must notify each camp employee who supervises that minor.
  • Definitions:
    • “Epinephrine delivery system” is referenced to the definition that HB 5050 would add to the Public Health Code (MCL 333.17744a).

Who is affected

  • Children/minors attending licensed children’s camps and participating in camp activities
  • Parents or guardians (must provide written approval; may be asked to supply an extra device)
  • Children’s camp operators, directors, and employees (notification and recordkeeping duties; immunity provisions)
  • Interacts with Public Health Code definitions and related school and emergency access statutes updated in tied bills

Procedural / Timeline notes

  • Filed/introduced in 2025 (filed March 13, 2025; bill text reproduced Sept. 24, 2025).
  • Referred to Committee on Education and Workforce; reported with recommendation without amendment on Nov. 5, 2025; referred to second reading.
  • Enactment is contingent on all tie‑barred bills (HBs 5049–5054) becoming law.

Fiscal impact

  • House Fiscal Agency analysis: No fiscal impact on the state, local school districts, ISDs, PSAs, LARA, or the Department of State Police, as applicable to the related bills.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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