Illinois gov enacts law protecting EpiPen prescribers
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a law protecting health professionals who provide police officers with life-saving epinephrine auto injections.
The Republican on Tuesday signed an expansion of what is known as Annie LeGere's Law. Thirteen-year-old Annie LeGere died in August 2015 after a severe allergic reaction during a sleepover. Annie's reaction likely was to something she ate.
The original law provided legal liability protection to police officers who administer so-called EpiPen injections to those suffering allergic reactions. The new law protects doctors and others who write standing EpiPen prescriptions for police agencies to carry them.
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Rauner's office reports that the nonprofit Food Allergy Research & Education estimates that nearly 15 million people in the U.S. suffer from food allergies. Six million are children.