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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an opioid-related drug overdose response protocol and |
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training on the administration of an opioid antagonist for public |
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school personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.0301 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0301. OPIOID-RELATED DRUG OVERDOSE RESPONSE |
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PROTOCOL. (a) In this section, "opioid antagonist" and |
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"opioid-related drug overdose" have the meanings assigned by |
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Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code. |
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(b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school |
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shall develop and annually make available a protocol for school |
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employees to follow in the event a person at a campus of the |
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district or school experiences what is reasonably believed to be an |
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opioid-related drug overdose. |
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(c) The protocol adopted under this section must: |
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(1) provide for information about the availability of |
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opioid antagonists at each district or school campus; and |
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(2) require that agency-approved training in the use |
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of opioid antagonists is provided to any school employee who may be |
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reasonably expected to administer an opioid antagonist to a person |
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who is reasonably believed to be experiencing an opioid-related |
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drug overdose at a district or school campus. |
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(d) The training required under Subsection (c)(2) may be |
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provided as an online course. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |