| 1 | 1 | | 88R11676 GCB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guerra H.B. No. 3734 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an opioid-related drug overdose response protocol and |
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| 8 | 8 | | training on the administration of an opioid antagonist for public |
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| 9 | 9 | | school personnel. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 38.0301 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 38.0301. OPIOID-RELATED DRUG OVERDOSE RESPONSE |
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| 14 | 14 | | PROTOCOL. (a) In this section, "opioid antagonist" and |
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| 15 | 15 | | "opioid-related drug overdose" have the meanings assigned by |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school |
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| 18 | 18 | | shall develop and annually make available a protocol for school |
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| 19 | 19 | | employees to follow in the event a person at a campus of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | district or school experiences what is reasonably believed to be an |
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| 21 | 21 | | opioid-related drug overdose. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) The protocol adopted under this section must: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) provide for information about the availability of |
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| 24 | 24 | | opioid antagonists at each district or school campus; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) require that agency-approved training in the use |
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| 26 | 26 | | of opioid antagonists is provided to any school employee who may be |
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| 27 | 27 | | reasonably expected to administer an opioid antagonist to a person |
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| 28 | 28 | | who is reasonably believed to be experiencing an opioid-related |
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| 29 | 29 | | drug overdose at a district or school campus. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d) The training required under Subsection (c)(2) may be |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided as an online course. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 33 | 33 | | school year. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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