Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 9, 2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 8, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies a policy to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools to be implemented on a voluntary basis only. Directs that such policy address: (1) the documentation of student allergies and the development of an individual health care plan for each such student; (2) communication with emergency medical services, school staff, parents, and students; (3) reduction of exposure to causative agents of food allergies; (4) food allergy management training; and (5) administration of epinephrine.
Provides that the policy developed by the Secretary and the food allergy management guidelines contained in such policy are voluntary.
Cosponsors 76
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2007 to Apr 2, 2008; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Apr 26, 2007 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Apr 26, 2007 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Apr 26, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | May 2, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Ric Keller | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | May 2, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | May 7, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | May 7, 2007 | |
| R-NY | James T. Walsh | May 9, 2007 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2007Markup Mar 13, 2008Reported Apr 8, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 30, 2007Markup Mar 11, 2008Reported Mar 11, 2008 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2007Discharged Apr 8, 2008 |
| Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | Referred Jul 9, 2007 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Apr 9, 2008 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Apr 8, 2008Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-571, Part I.
- Apr 8, 2008Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
- Apr 8, 2008Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 353.
- Apr 8, 2008Mrs. Capps moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E546, H2036–H2038Text printed H2036 | Chris Van Hollen D-MD, John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Lois Capps D-CA, Nathan Deal R-GA, Nita M. Lowey D-NY, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD | Apr 8, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 31, 2008H.R. 2063, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008</p>
- Mar 31, 2008H.R. 2063, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 13, 2008
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1232 | Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Apr 26, 2007 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools, to establish school-based food allergy management grants, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to develop a voluntary policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Agriculture and Food
- Allergies
- Commerce
- Data banks
- Drug therapy
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational statistics
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Employee training
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Food safety
- Health
- Health education
- Medical records
- Medical statistics
- Medical supplies
- Parent-school relationships
- School health programs
- School personnel
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Student activities
- Student records
- Students
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2008Referred in Senate
- Apr 8, 2008Engrossed in House
- Apr 8, 2008Reported in House
- Apr 26, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
