| 1 | 1 | | 89R8915 RAL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 2995 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the provision of medication for respiratory distress in |
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| 10 | 10 | | public and private schools. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 38.211, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b-1) The commissioner of state health services or, if the |
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| 16 | 16 | | commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Department of State Health Services may issue a statewide standing |
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| 18 | 18 | | order prescribing medication for respiratory distress to a school |
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| 19 | 19 | | district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) The standing order under Subsection (b) or (b-1) is not |
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| 21 | 21 | | required to be patient-specific, and the epinephrine auto-injector |
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| 22 | 22 | | or medication for respiratory distress may be administered to a |
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| 23 | 23 | | person without a previously established physician-patient |
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| 24 | 24 | | relationship. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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| 26 | 26 | | amended by adding Section 38.2115 to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 38.2115. CONTRACTING FOR MEDICATION FOR RESPIRATORY |
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| 28 | 28 | | DISTRESS AND TRAINING. The board of trustees of a school district |
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| 29 | 29 | | or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school or private |
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| 30 | 30 | | school may contract with a vendor to provide: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) medication for respiratory distress and related |
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| 32 | 32 | | equipment to the district or school; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) training to school personnel and school volunteers |
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| 34 | 34 | | authorized to administer medication for respiratory distress under |
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| 35 | 35 | | this subchapter. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 37 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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