Does your state allow schools to stock quick-relief medicines for asthma?

Quick-relief medicines, such as albuterol, act fast to relax tight muscles around your airways. This allows the airways to open up so air can flow through them.
Congress is considering a law to encourage states to permit these “albuterol stocking” school policies. 

The School-Based Asthma Management Programs Act builds upon a similar law that encourages states to require schools to stock epinephrine auto-injectors. Thanks to that law, most states allow schools to have epinephrine on hand for severe allergic reactions.

The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America supports policies that promote access to life-saving medicines.

Look for our 2016 State Honor Roll of Asthma and Allergy Policies for Schools, coming out in a few weeks.

We’ll tell you which states have policies in place that:

• Promote supplying schools with quick-relief asthma medicine
• Ensure training of school personnel
• Address liability concerns for those who use this medicine in good faith.

Sign up to become an advocate in your state.