1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction for public
1-3 school students.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Section 7.025 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 7.025. DONATIONS FOR USE RELATED TO CARDIOPULMONARY
1-8 RESUSCITATION (CPR) INSTRUCTION. (a) The agency may accept
1-9 donations, including donations of equipment, for use in providing
1-10 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instruction to students. The
1-11 agency:
1-12 (1) shall distribute the donations to school districts
1-13 that provide CPR instruction to students under Section 29.903; and
1-14 (2) may use a portion of the donations to the extent
1-15 necessary to pay administrative expenses related to the donations.
1-16 (b) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
1-17 implement this section.
1-18 SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
1-19 amended by adding Section 29.903 to read as follows:
1-20 Sec. 29.903. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR)
1-21 INSTRUCTION; DONATIONS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR USE IN CPR
1-22 INSTRUCTION. (a) A school district that provides instruction to
1-23 students in the principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary
1-24 resuscitation (CPR) may accept from the agency donations the agency
2-1 receives under Section 7.025. The district must use those
2-2 donations in providing instruction to students in the principles
2-3 and techniques of CPR. A district may accept other donations,
2-4 including donations of equipment, for use in providing the
2-5 instruction.
2-6 (b) To the extent that resources are available to a school
2-7 district under Section 7.025 or this section, the district shall
2-8 provide instruction to students in the principles and techniques of
2-9 CPR.
2-10 (c) A district may use resources other than those made
2-11 available under Section 7.025 or this section to provide
2-12 instruction to students in the principles and techniques of CPR.
2-13 (d) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
2-14 implement this section.
2-15 SECTION 3. It is the intent of the legislature that each
2-16 student in this state receive instruction in the principles and
2-17 techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) through the
2-18 student's school district at least once at the ninth grade level or
2-19 above. Each district is strongly encouraged to aggressively pursue
2-20 donations of time, equipment, and other resources necessary to
2-21 implement this section. The CPR instruction under this section
2-22 should conform to nationally recognized guidelines on CPR
2-23 instruction.
2-24 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-25 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-26 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-27 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 821 was passed by the House on April
11, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 821 on May 24, 2001, by the following
vote: Yeas 133, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 821 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor