| 1 | 1 | | 84R7219 GCB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Naishtat H.B. No. 1820 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a prescription drug misuse awareness component of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | health curriculum used in public schools. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (w) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (w) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the |
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| 13 | 13 | | health curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B), the State Board of |
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| 14 | 14 | | Education shall adopt essential knowledge and skills that address |
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| 15 | 15 | | the dangers, causes, consequences, signs, symptoms, and treatment |
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| 16 | 16 | | of nonmedical use of prescription drugs. The agency shall compile a |
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| 17 | 17 | | list of evidence-based prescription drug misuse awareness programs |
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| 18 | 18 | | from which a school district shall choose a program to use in the |
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| 19 | 19 | | district's middle school, junior high school, and high school |
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| 20 | 20 | | health curriculums. In this subsection, an "evidence-based |
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| 21 | 21 | | prescription drug misuse awareness program" means a program, |
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| 22 | 22 | | practice, or strategy that has been proven to effectively prevent |
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| 23 | 23 | | nonmedical use of prescription drugs among students, as determined |
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| 24 | 24 | | by evaluations that use valid and reliable measures and that are |
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| 25 | 25 | | published in peer-reviewed journals. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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| 27 | 27 | | school year. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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