H.B. No. 1322
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of an online resource for teachers of
students with special health needs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.463 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.463. RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WITH
SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS. The agency, in coordination with the Health
and Human Services Commission, shall establish and maintain an
Internet website to provide resources for teachers who teach
students with special health needs. The agency shall include on the
website information about:
(1) the treatment and management of chronic illnesses
and how such illnesses impact a student's well-being or ability to
succeed in school; and
(2) food allergies that are common among students,
including information about preventing exposure to a specific food
when necessary to protect a student's health and information about
treating a student suffering from an allergic reaction to a food.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1322 was passed by the House on April
24, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 1322 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 1322 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1322 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
1322 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor