88R11676 GCB-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 3734
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an opioid-related drug overdose response protocol and
training on the administration of an opioid antagonist for public
school personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.0301 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.0301. OPIOID-RELATED DRUG OVERDOSE RESPONSE
PROTOCOL. (a) In this section, "opioid antagonist" and
"opioid-related drug overdose" have the meanings assigned by
Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code.
(b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
shall develop and annually make available a protocol for school
employees to follow in the event a person at a campus of the
district or school experiences what is reasonably believed to be an
opioid-related drug overdose.
(c) The protocol adopted under this section must:
(1) provide for information about the availability of
opioid antagonists at each district or school campus; and
(2) require that agency-approved training in the use
of opioid antagonists is provided to any school employee who may be
reasonably expected to administer an opioid antagonist to a person
who is reasonably believed to be experiencing an opioid-related
drug overdose at a district or school campus.
(d) The training required under Subsection (c)(2) may be
provided as an online course.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2023.