Bill Text: TX HB4176 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Public Education [HB4176 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4176-Introduced.html
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By: Wilson | H.B. No. 4176 |
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relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors in public | ||
schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 38.208(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The commissioner of state health services, [ |
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from the advisory committee, shall adopt rules regarding the | ||
maintenance, administration, and disposal of an epinephrine | ||
auto-injector at a school campus subject to a policy adopted under | ||
Subsection (a). The rules must establish: | ||
(1) the number of epinephrine auto-injectors | ||
available at each campus; | ||
(2) the process for each school district and | ||
open-enrollment charter school to check the inventory of | ||
epinephrine auto-injectors at regular intervals for expiration and | ||
replacement; and | ||
(3) the amount of training required for school | ||
personnel and school volunteers to administer an epinephrine | ||
auto-injector. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 38.209(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than the 10th business day after the date a | ||
school personnel member or school volunteer administers an | ||
epinephrine auto-injector in accordance with a policy adopted under | ||
Section 38.208(a), the school shall report the information required | ||
under Subsection (b) to: | ||
(1) the school district or the charter holder if the | ||
school is an open-enrollment charter school; | ||
(2) the physician or other person who prescribed the | ||
epinephrine auto-injector; and | ||
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(b) The report required under this section must include the | ||
following information: | ||
(1) the age of the person who received the | ||
administration of the epinephrine auto-injector; | ||
(2) whether the person who received the administration | ||
of the epinephrine auto-injector was a student, a school personnel | ||
member or school volunteer, or a visitor; | ||
(3) the physical location where the epinephrine | ||
auto-injector was administered; | ||
(4) the number of doses of epinephrine auto-injector | ||
administered; | ||
(5) the title of the person who administered the | ||
epinephrine auto-injector; and | ||
(6) any other information required by the commissioner | ||
of state health services [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 38.214, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.214. RULES. Except as otherwise provided by this | ||
subchapter, [ |
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state health services shall [ |
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implement this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2017. |