87R4895 TSS-D
 
  By: Morales of Harris H.B. No. 1055
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the employment of health care professionals at public
  schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 33.910 to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.910.  EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. A
  school district or open-enrollment charter school shall assign at
  least one registered nurse or other health care professional
  licensed under Title 3, Occupations Code, to be present at each
  campus of the district or school for not less than half of each
  school day.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.