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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain duties of public institutions of higher |
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education and the Department of State Health Services regarding |
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policies on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by public |
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institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.882, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) Each institution of higher education that adopts a |
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policy under Subsection (a): |
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(1) must require that the institution's campuses have |
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personnel or volunteers authorized and trained to administer an |
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epinephrine auto-injector present; and |
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(2) shall include the policy in the institution's |
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student handbook or similar publication and publish the policy on |
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the institution's Internet website. |
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(f) An institution of higher education that adopts a policy |
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under Subsection (a) shall submit to the Department of State Health |
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Services a copy of the policy and any amendment to the policy |
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adopted by the institution. The department shall maintain a record |
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of the most recent policy and amendments submitted by each |
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institution under this subsection and shall make that information |
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available to the public on request. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |