86R949 GCB-D
By: Clardy H.B. No. 684
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training requirements for public school nurses and
certain other school personnel regarding seizure recognition and
related first aid.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Sam's Law.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.032 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.032. SEIZURE RECOGNITION AND RELATED FIRST AID
TRAINING. (a) A school nurse employed by a school district must
complete an agency-approved online course of instruction for school
nurses regarding managing students with seizures that includes
information about seizure recognition and related first aid.
(b) A school district employee, other than a school nurse,
whose duties at the school include regular contact with students
must complete an agency-approved online course of instruction for
school personnel regarding awareness of students with seizures that
includes information about seizure recognition and related first
aid.
(c) The agency may approve an online course of instruction
provided by a nonprofit national foundation that supports the
welfare of individuals with epilepsy and seizure disorders to
satisfy the training required under Subsection (a) or (b).
(d) The agency shall adopt rules as necessary to administer
this section.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas
Education Agency shall approve online courses of instruction to
satisfy the training requirements of Section 38.032, Education
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.
SECTION 5. 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, 2019.