| 1 | 1 | | 86R5921 TSS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Price H.B. No. 1293 |
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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 recommendations by local school health advisory |
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| 8 | 8 | | councils regarding opioid addiction and abuse education in public |
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| 9 | 9 | | schools. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.004(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (c) The local school health advisory council's duties |
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| 14 | 14 | | include recommending: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the number of hours of instruction to be provided |
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| 16 | 16 | | in health education; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) policies, procedures, strategies, and curriculum |
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| 18 | 18 | | appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent obesity, |
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| 19 | 19 | | cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and mental health concerns |
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| 20 | 20 | | through coordination of: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) health education; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) physical education and physical activity; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (C) nutrition services; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (D) parental involvement; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (E) instruction to prevent the use of |
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| 26 | 26 | | e-cigarettes, as defined by Section 161.081, Health and Safety |
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| 27 | 27 | | Code, and tobacco; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (F) school health services; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (G) counseling and guidance services; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (H) a safe and healthy school environment; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (I) school employee wellness; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (3) appropriate grade levels and methods of |
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| 33 | 33 | | instruction for human sexuality instruction; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (4) strategies for integrating the curriculum |
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| 35 | 35 | | components specified by Subdivision (2) with the following elements |
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| 36 | 36 | | in a coordinated school health program for the district: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) school health services; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (B) counseling and guidance services; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (C) a safe and healthy school environment; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (D) school employee wellness; [and] |
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| 41 | 41 | | (5) if feasible, joint use agreements or strategies |
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| 42 | 42 | | for collaboration between the school district and community |
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| 43 | 43 | | organizations or agencies; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (6) appropriate grade levels and curriculum for |
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| 45 | 45 | | instruction regarding opioid addiction and abuse and methods of |
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| 46 | 46 | | administering an opioid antagonist, as defined by Section 483.101, |
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| 47 | 47 | | Health and Safety Code. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 49 | 49 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 50 | 50 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 51 | 51 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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