Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R3721 CMO-F
2	2	By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 637
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the regulation of bleeding control stations in public
10	10	schools.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 38.030, Education Code, is amended by
13	13	amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsections (b-1),
14	14	(b-2), (b-3), and (l) to read as follows:
15	15	(b) The protocol required under this section must:
16	16	(1) provide for a school district or open-enrollment
17	17	charter school to maintain and make available to school employees
18	18	and volunteers bleeding control stations, as described by
19	19	Subsection (d), for use in the event of a traumatic injury involving
20	20	blood loss;
21	21	(2) ensure that bleeding control stations are stored
22	22	in easily accessible areas of the campus that are selected by the
23	23	district's school safety and security committee or the charter
24	24	school's governing body;
25	25	(3) require that agency-approved training on the use
26	26	of a bleeding control station in the event of an injury to another
27	27	person be provided to:
28	28	(A) each school district peace officer
29	29	commissioned under Section 37.081 or school security personnel
30	30	employed under that section who provides security services at the
31	31	campus;
32	32	(B) each school resource officer who provides law
33	33	enforcement at the campus; [and]
34	34	(C) each armed security officer required to be
35	35	present at the campus under Section 37.0814 who is not otherwise
36	36	described by Paragraph (A) or (B); and
37	37	(D) all other district or school personnel who
38	38	may be reasonably expected to use a bleeding control station; and
39	39	(4) require the district or charter school to annually
40	40	offer instruction on the use of a bleeding control station from a
41	41	school resource officer or other appropriate district or school
42	42	personnel who has received the training under Subdivision (3) to
43	43	students enrolled at the campus in grade four [seven] or higher.
44	44	(b-1) A student shall be excused from instruction on the use
45	45	of a bleeding control station provided under Subsection (b)(4) on
46	46	the written request of a parent or legal guardian without being
47	47	subjected to any disciplinary action, academic penalty, or other
48	48	sanction.
49	49	(b-2) Instruction on the use of a bleeding control station
50	50	provided under Subsection (b)(4) to students enrolled at the campus
51	51	in grades four, five, and six:
52	52	(1) must be appropriate for the student's age and grade
53	53	level;
54	54	(2) may not use instructional documents that contain
55	55	or depict graphic images or graphic descriptions of incidents or
56	56	injuries that require bleeding control; and
57	57	(3) must be provided with a behavioral health
58	58	professional present during the instruction.
59	59	(b-3) Instruction on proper chest seal placement may not be
60	60	provided to a student.
61	61	(d) A bleeding control station required under this section
62	62	must contain all of the following required supplies in quantities
63	63	determined appropriate by the superintendent of the district or the
64	64	director of the school:
65	65	(1) tourniquets approved for use in battlefield trauma
66	66	care by the armed forces of the United States;
67	67	(2) chest seals;
68	68	(3) compression bandages;
69	69	(4) bleeding control bandages;
70	70	(5) space emergency blankets;
71	71	(6) latex-free gloves;
72	72	(7) markers;
73	73	(8) scissors; [and]
74	74	(9) instructional documents developed by the American
75	75	College of Surgeons or the United States Department of Homeland
76	76	Security detailing methods to prevent blood loss following a
77	77	traumatic event; and
78	78	(10) emergency alerting devices.
79	79	(l) In this section:
80	80	(1) "Behavioral health professional" means:
81	81	(A) a licensed specialist in school psychology
82	82	licensed under Chapter 501, Occupations Code;
83	83	(B) a licensed professional counselor licensed
84	84	under Chapter 503, Occupations Code;
85	85	(C) a licensed clinical social worker licensed
86	86	under Chapter 505, Occupations Code; or
87	87	(D) a school counselor with an appropriate
88	88	certificate or permit issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21.
89	89	(2) "Emergency alerting device" means a device
90	90	designed to send, once the case containing the device is opened, an
91	91	emergency alert that provides continuous information about the
92	92	location of the device to preprogrammed recipients, including 9-1-1
93	93	call centers, school resource officers, and emergency services
94	94	personnel, using multiple forms of communication technology to
95	95	ensure connectivity, including cellular telephone technology,
96	96	Bluetooth technology, global positioning system technology,
97	97	general packet radio service technology, and wireless computer
98	98	networking technology.
99	99	(3) "Instructional document" means any book, record,
100	100	file, or other instrument or material used to provide instruction
101	101	on the use of a bleeding control station provided under Subsection
102	102	(b)(4).
103	103	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
104	104	school year.
105	105	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
106	106	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
107	107	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
108	108	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
109	109	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.