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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to parental notice regarding an incident of lice in a |
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public elementary school. |
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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 38.031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.031. NOTICE OF LICE. (a) A school administrator or |
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nurse of a public elementary school who determines or otherwise |
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becomes aware that a child enrolled in the school has lice shall |
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provide written or electronic notice of that fact to: |
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(1) the parent of the child with lice as soon as |
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practicable but not later than 48 hours after the administrator or |
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nurse, as applicable, determines or becomes aware of that fact; and |
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(2) the parent of each child assigned to the same |
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classroom as the child with lice not later than the fifth school day |
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after the date on which the administrator or nurse, as applicable, |
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determines or becomes aware of that fact. |
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(b) The notice provided under Subsection (a): |
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(1) must include the recommendations of the Centers |
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for Disease Control and Prevention for the treatment and prevention |
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of lice; and |
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(2) if the notice is provided under Subsection (a)(2), |
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may not identify the child with lice. |
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(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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implement this section in a manner that complies with federal law |
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regarding confidentiality of student medical or educational |
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information, including the Health Insurance Portability and |
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Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.) and the |
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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. |
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Section 1232g), and any state law relating to the privacy of student |
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information. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |