Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R4363 DIO-F
2	2	By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 1147
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the regulation of bleeding control stations in public
8	8	schools.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 38.030, Education Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	(b) The protocol required under this section must:
14	14	(1) provide for a school district or open-enrollment
15	15	charter school to maintain and make available to school employees
16	16	and volunteers bleeding control stations, as described by
17	17	Subsection (d), for use in the event of a traumatic injury involving
18	18	blood loss;
19	19	(2) ensure that bleeding control stations are stored
20	20	in easily accessible areas of the campus that are selected by the
21	21	district's school safety and security committee or the charter
22	22	school's governing body;
23	23	(3) require that agency-approved training on the use
24	24	of a bleeding control station in the event of an injury to another
25	25	person be provided to:
26	26	(A) each school district peace officer
27	27	commissioned under Section 37.081 or school security personnel
28	28	employed under that section who provides security services at the
29	29	campus;
30	30	(B) each school resource officer who provides law
31	31	enforcement at the campus; and
32	32	(C) all other district or school personnel who
33	33	may be reasonably expected to use a bleeding control station; and
34	34	(4) require the district or charter school to annually
35	35	offer instruction on the use of a bleeding control station from a
36	36	school resource officer or other appropriate district or school
37	37	personnel who has received the training under Subdivision (3) to
38	38	students enrolled at the campus in grade three [seven] or higher.
39	39	(d) A bleeding control station required under this section
40	40	must contain all of the following required supplies in quantities
41	41	determined appropriate by the superintendent of the district or the
42	42	director of the school:
43	43	(1) tourniquets approved for use in battlefield trauma
44	44	care by the armed forces of the United States;
45	45	(2) chest seals;
46	46	(3) compression bandages;
47	47	(4) bleeding control bandages;
48	48	(5) space emergency blankets;
49	49	(6) latex-free gloves;
50	50	(7) markers;
51	51	(8) scissors; [and]
52	52	(9) instructional documents developed by the American
53	53	College of Surgeons or the United States Department of Homeland
54	54	Security detailing methods to prevent blood loss following a
55	55	traumatic event; and
56	56	(10) emergency alerting devices.
57	57	(d-1) In this section, "emergency alerting device" means a
58	58	device designed to send, once the case containing the device is
59	59	opened, an emergency alert that provides continuous information
60	60	about the location of the device to preprogrammed recipients,
61	61	including 9-1-1 call centers, school resource officers, and
62	62	emergency services personnel, using multiple forms of
63	63	communication technology to ensure connectivity, including
64	64	cellular telephone technology, Bluetooth technology, global
65	65	positioning system technology, general packet radio service
66	66	technology, and wireless computer networking technology.
67	67	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.