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House Bill 2243 |
House Author: Oliverson et al. |
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Effective: 5-24-19 |
Senate Sponsor: Buckingham |
House Bill 2243 amends the Education Code to authorize each public school district, open‑enrollment charter school, and private school to adopt and implement a policy authorizing a school nurse to maintain and administer asthma medicine at each campus in the district or school. The bill provides authority for the prescription of the medicine in the name of a district or school and provides for notice to parents regarding any adopted policy. The bill makes provisions relating to the immunity from civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action granted to a person who in good faith takes or fails to take certain actions relating to the maintenance, administration, and disposal of epinephrine auto-injectors applicable with regard to asthma medicine.