F 771 News Today

Kristina Hamilton, director of advocacy for the American Lung Association in Iowa, issued the following statement in response to Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signing HF 771 into law, a measure that will allow schools in Iowa to stock asthma medications for student use.

Yesterday, the Iowa General Assembly unanimously passed HF 771, which will allow all schools in Iowa to provide short-acting bronchodilators (rescue inhalers) along with disposable spacers that students can use if they experience an asthma attack or are in respiratory distress, regardless of whether they have been diagnosed with asthma.