89R8915 RAL-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 2995
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of medication for respiratory distress in
public and private schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.211, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b-1) The commissioner of state health services or, if the
commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the
Department of State Health Services may issue a statewide standing
order prescribing medication for respiratory distress to a school
district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school.
(c) The standing order under Subsection (b) or (b-1) is not
required to be patient-specific, and the epinephrine auto-injector
or medication for respiratory distress may be administered to a
person without a previously established physician-patient
relationship.
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.2115 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.2115. CONTRACTING FOR MEDICATION FOR RESPIRATORY
DISTRESS AND TRAINING. The board of trustees of a school district
or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school or private
school may contract with a vendor to provide:
(1) medication for respiratory distress and related
equipment to the district or school; and
(2) training to school personnel and school volunteers
authorized to administer medication for respiratory distress under
this subchapter.
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, 2025.