84R1976 PAM-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1498
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to student use of sunscreen products in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.021 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.021. USE OF SUNSCREEN PRODUCTS. (a) A student may
possess and use a topical sunscreen product while on school
property or at a school-related event or activity to avoid
overexposure to the sun and not for the medical treatment of an
injury or illness if the product is approved by the federal Food and
Drug Administration for over-the-counter use.
(b) School personnel may assist an elementary school
student in applying a topical sunscreen product if the school has
received a written request from the student's parent or person
standing in parental relation to the student requesting school
personnel to assist the student in applying the product. This
subsection does not require school personnel to assist a student in
applying a topical sunscreen product.
(c) This section does not:
(1) waive any immunity from liability of a school
district, its board of trustees, or its employees; or
(2) create any liability for or a cause of action
against a school district, its board of trustees, or its employees.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.