Sen. Tim Melson, R-Florence, speaking to a House colleague on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on Feb. 25, 2026, in Montgomery, Alabama. The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would require the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) to create an anaphylactic response policy and train all licensed day care centers on its implementation. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)
The Alabama Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) to create an anaphylactic response policy and train all licensed day care centers on its implementation.
HB 332, sponsored by Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris, requires DHR to create the policy by Oct. 1, 2027, and train all day care staff by Jan. 1, 2028. A message seeking comment from DHR was sent Tuesday afternoon.
“This would actually save lives in the long run. We have more and more allergens out there, whether it’s drugs or food or latex or other things that trigger this,” said Sen. Tim Melson, R-Florence, who carried the bill in the Senate.
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According to the Mayo Clinic, anaphylaxis can be a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction, and occur within minutes of exposure.
“The genesis of this bill was a day care had a child that went into anaphylaxis, and they had no protocol and kind of panicked instead of knowing what to do,” Melson said.
The bill does not require day care centers to keep stock of nonpatient-specific epinephrine delivery systems. The anaphylactic response policy must include individual emergency plans for children with an allergy that could result in anaphylaxis and strategies for other allergic reactions. All employees must be aware of which children are at risk of anaphylaxis and where the plans are stored, according to the bill.
The bill passed 35-0. It goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.
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Author: Anna Barrett