{"id":40853,"date":"2026-04-09T14:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=40853"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:37:53","slug":"law-enforcement-epinephrine-use-authorized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=40853","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement epinephrine use authorized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska law enforcement officers are authorized to carry and administer epinephrine under a bill passed April 9.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32955\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32955\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?attachment_id=32955\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SenKauth_inline.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"297,445\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Office of University Communicati&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Nebraska Senator Kathleen Kauth. District 31. November 14, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler \/ University Communication.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1668446166&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2022, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;123&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SenKauth_inline\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sen. Kathleen Kauth&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sen. Kathleen Kauth&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SenKauth_inline-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SenKauth_inline.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32955\" src=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SenKauth_inline-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Kathleen Kauth\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SenKauth_inline-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SenKauth_inline.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Kathleen Kauth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LB727, introduced by Sen. Kathleen Kauth of Omaha, allows, but does not require, Nebraska law enforcement agencies to obtain and maintain a supply of epinephrine for use when individuals experience severe allergic reactions.<\/p>\n<p>The state Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with law enforcement agencies, will approve one or more educational training programs. Officers must complete an approved program and provide proof of training to their agency before administering epinephrine in the course of their official duties.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed on a 49-0 vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska law enforcement officers are authorized to carry and administer epinephrine under a bill passed April 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[285],"class_list":["post-40853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judiciary","tag-sen-kathleen-kauth"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/UpdateBlogPhoto-4.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40856,"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40853\/revisions\/40856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}