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Minutes for SB328 - Committee on Public Health and Welfare
Short Title
Permitting a pharmacist to distribute pre-measured doses of epinephrine to a school for emergency medication kits.
Minutes Content for Wed, Jan 28, 2026
Chairperson Gossage opened the hearing on SB328.
Jenna Moyer, Assistant Revisor of Statutes, Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, provided the committee a brief overview of the bill. (Attachment3) Ms. Moyer stood for questions from the committee.
Chairperson Gossage introduced Kimberly Martin who presented proponent testimony in support of the bill. (Attachment4) Her testimony centered around the critical step for student safety by updating existing Kansas law to replace the restrictive term "epinephrine auto-injector" with the broader, inclusive language of "epinephrine delivery system." This simple but profound change allows Kansas schools to utilize any FDA-approved life-saving medication for anaphylaxis, rather than being legally tied to a specific device that is becoming outdated.
Written only proponent testimony was provided by:
Heather Braum, Kansas Action for Children (Attachment5);
Kimber Kasitz,Director Health, Homebound, and 504 Schools, USD 259, Wichita, Kansas (Attachment6);
Jonathon Smith, private citizen, Shawnee County Kansas (Attachment7).
Chairperson Gossage closed the hearing on SB328.
The meeting was adjourned.
