| 1 | 1 | | By: Taylor, Shelton (Senate Sponsor - Jackson) H.B. No. 4407 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2009; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 19, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Education; May 23, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to rules concerning administration and maintenance of |
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| 11 | 11 | | anaphylaxis medicine on public school campuses. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 38.0151 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 38.0151. RULES CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION AND |
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| 16 | 16 | | MAINTENANCE OF ANAPHYLAXIS MEDICINE ON CAMPUS. (a) The |
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| 17 | 17 | | commissioner by rule shall: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) adopt standardized procedures for school |
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| 19 | 19 | | personnel to follow if a person on campus experiences an |
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| 20 | 20 | | anaphylactic reaction; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) require each school district to maintain a |
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| 22 | 22 | | physician's standing order under which a school nurse is authorized |
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| 23 | 23 | | to administer anaphylaxis medicine to a person on campus |
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| 24 | 24 | | experiencing an anaphylactic reaction; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) require a district to maintain at each campus at |
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| 26 | 26 | | which a school nurse serves on a part-time or full-time basis a |
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| 27 | 27 | | supply of anaphylaxis medicine for administration to a person on |
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| 28 | 28 | | campus experiencing an anaphylactic reaction for the first time. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) In adopting rules under Subsection (a), the |
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| 30 | 30 | | commissioner shall consult with one or more physicians experienced |
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| 31 | 31 | | in treating persons experiencing an anaphylactic reaction. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 37 | 37 | | * * * * * |
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