Bill Text: TX SB1044 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to training requirements for public school nurses and certain other school personnel regarding seizure recognition and related first aid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Education [SB1044 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1044-Introduced.html
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By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1044 |
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relating to training requirements for public school nurses and | ||
certain other school personnel regarding seizure recognition and | ||
related first aid. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Sam's Law. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.032 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.032. SEIZURE RECOGNITION AND RELATED FIRST AID | ||
TRAINING. (a) A school nurse employed by a school district must | ||
complete an agency-approved online course of instruction for school | ||
nurses regarding managing students with seizures that includes | ||
information about seizure recognition and related first aid. | ||
(b) A school district employee, other than a school nurse, | ||
whose duties at the school include regular contact with students | ||
must complete an agency-approved online course of instruction for | ||
school personnel regarding awareness of students with seizures that | ||
includes information about seizure recognition and related first | ||
aid. | ||
(c) The agency may approve an online course of instruction | ||
provided by a nonprofit national foundation that supports the | ||
welfare of individuals with epilepsy and seizure disorders to | ||
satisfy the training required under Subsection (a) or (b). | ||
(d) The agency shall adopt rules as necessary to administer | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas | ||
Education Agency shall approve online courses of instruction to | ||
satisfy the training requirements of Section 38.032, Education | ||
Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies | ||
beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2019. |