| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 1322 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the establishment of an online resource for teachers of |
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| 6 | 6 | | students with special health needs. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 21.463 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 21.463. RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WITH |
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| 11 | 11 | | SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS. The agency, in coordination with the Health |
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| 12 | 12 | | and Human Services Commission, shall establish and maintain an |
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| 13 | 13 | | Internet website to provide resources for teachers who teach |
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| 14 | 14 | | students with special health needs. The agency shall include on the |
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| 15 | 15 | | website information about: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) the treatment and management of chronic illnesses |
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| 17 | 17 | | and how such illnesses impact a student's well-being or ability to |
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| 18 | 18 | | succeed in school; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) food allergies that are common among students, |
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| 20 | 20 | | including information about preventing exposure to a specific food |
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| 21 | 21 | | when necessary to protect a student's health and information about |
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| 22 | 22 | | treating a student suffering from an allergic reaction to a food. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 24 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 28 | 28 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 30 | 30 | | I certify that H.B. No. 1322 was passed by the House on April |
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| 31 | 31 | | 24, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 32 | 32 | | voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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| 33 | 33 | | H.B. No. 1322 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a |
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| 34 | 34 | | conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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| 35 | 35 | | houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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| 36 | 36 | | on H.B. No. 1322 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | 40 | | I certify that H.B. No. 1322 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 41 | 41 | | amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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| 42 | 42 | | 0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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| 43 | 43 | | committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1322 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Date |
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| 50 | 50 | | __________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Governor |
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