Bill Text: VA HB134 | 2024 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Opioids; DOE to develop education materials concerning risks.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0434) [HB134 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB134-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 134 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Education on January 29, 2024) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Convirs-Fowler) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-273.5, relating to Department of Education; education materials concerning risks of opioids.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-273.5 as follows:

§22.1-273.5. Department; education materials concerning risks of opioids.

The Department, in consultation with such stakeholders and experts as it deems necessary or appropriate, shall develop and distribute to each school board age-appropriate and evidence-based education materials concerning the risks to health and safety that are posed by opioids, with a particular focus on the risk of death that is posed by fentanyl. Each school board shall ensure that such materials are distributed to or incorporated into instructional programs for students enrolled in the local school division.