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| 1 | 1 | 86R4545 MM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1736 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to certain duties of public institutions of higher | |
| 8 | 8 | education and the Department of State Health Services regarding | |
| 9 | 9 | policies on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public | |
| 10 | 10 | institutions of higher education. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 51.882, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | |
| 14 | 14 | follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (d) Each institution of higher education that adopts a | |
| 16 | 16 | policy under Subsection (a): | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) must require that the institution's campuses have | |
| 18 | 18 | personnel or volunteers authorized and trained to administer an | |
| 19 | 19 | epinephrine auto-injector present; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) shall include the policy in the institution's | |
| 21 | 21 | student handbook or similar publication and publish the policy on | |
| 22 | 22 | the institution's Internet website. | |
| 23 | 23 | (f) An institution of higher education that adopts a policy | |
| 24 | 24 | under Subsection (a) shall submit to the Department of State Health | |
| 25 | 25 | Services a copy of the policy and any amendment to the policy | |
| 26 | 26 | adopted by the institution. The department shall maintain a record | |
| 27 | 27 | of the most recent policy and amendments submitted by each | |
| 28 | 28 | institution under this subsection and shall make that information | |
| 29 | 29 | available to the public on request. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |