87R10969 CAE-F
By: Klick H.B. No. 3819
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a public school district policy providing that a school
nurse may administer prescription asthma medicine to a student.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.208(b-1), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b-1) If a policy is adopted under Subsection (a-1), the
policy must provide that the school nurse may administer
prescription asthma medicine to a student only if the school nurse
has written notification from a parent or guardian of the student
that the student has a medical history of asthma or a clinical
presentation with signs and symptoms of asthma which may include
respiratory distress, dyspnea, labored breathing, audible
wheezing, tightness of chest, or a persistent cough [been diagnosed
as having asthma] and stating that the school nurse may administer
prescription asthma medicine to the student. A school nurse may
administer the prescription asthma medicine only at a school
campus.
SECTION 2. 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, 2021.