79R6088 BDH-D

By:  Vo                                                           H.B. No. 1406



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the availability of automated external defibrillators 
at certain public school campuses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 33.087 to read as follows:
	Sec. 33.087.  AVAILABILITY OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL 
DEFIBRILLATOR.  (a)  Each school district shall make available at 
each University Interscholastic League athletic practice or 
competition held at a campus in the district an automated external 
defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety 
Code.
	(b)  Each school district shall ensure the presence at each 
campus described by Subsection (a) of at least one campus or 
district employee trained in the proper use of an automated 
external defibrillator.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.