89R8204 MEW-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 3020
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to statewide standing orders prescribing epinephrine
auto-injectors, medication for respiratory distress, and opioid
antagonists to 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 shall issue statewide standing
orders prescribing epinephrine auto-injectors and 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. Section 38.225, 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 shall issue a statewide
standing order prescribing opioid antagonists 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 opioid antagonist may be
administered to a person without a previously established
physician-patient relationship.
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.