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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to instruction of certain students in cardiopulmonary |
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resuscitation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 28.0023(c) and (e), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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[shall] provide instruction to students in grades 7 through 12 in |
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a manner consistent with the |
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requirements of this section [and State Board of Education rules
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adopted under this section]. The instruction may be provided as a |
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part of any course. [A student shall receive the instruction at
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least once before graduation.] |
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(e) If a school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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offers cardiopulmonary [Cardiopulmonary] resuscitation |
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instruction, the instruction must include training that has been |
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developed: |
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(1) by the American Heart Association or the American |
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Red Cross; or |
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(2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based |
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guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care and incorporating |
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psychomotor skills to support the instruction. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 28.0023(b) and (d), Education Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |