H.B. No. 476
AN ACT
relating to certain duties of public institutions of higher
education and the Department of State Health Services regarding
policies on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public
institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.882, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(d) Each institution of higher education that adopts a
policy under Subsection (a):
(1) must require that the institution's campuses have
personnel or volunteers authorized and trained to administer an
epinephrine auto-injector present; and
(2) shall include the policy in the institution's
student handbook or similar publication and publish the policy on
the institution's Internet website.
(f) An institution of higher education that adopts a policy
under Subsection (a) shall submit to the Department of State Health
Services a copy of the policy and any amendment to the policy
adopted by the institution. The department shall maintain a record
of the most recent policy and amendments submitted by each
institution under this subsection and shall make that information
available to the public on request.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 476 was passed by the House on April
9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 476 was passed by the Senate on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor