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| 1 | 1 | 89R5131 KRM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cook S.B. No. 1550 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in public | |
| 10 | 10 | schools. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 28.0023(e), Education Code, is amended | |
| 13 | 13 | to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (e) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction must include | |
| 15 | 15 | training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques and training | |
| 16 | 16 | in the use of an automated external defibrillator and must | |
| 17 | 17 | incorporate psychomotor skills to support the instruction. The | |
| 18 | 18 | instruction must be [that has been] developed: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) by the American Heart Association or the American | |
| 20 | 20 | Red Cross; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based | |
| 22 | 22 | guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care [and incorporating | |
| 23 | 23 | psychomotor skills to support the instruction]. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | |
| 25 | 25 | school year. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |