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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain disease detection devices in public |
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schools. |
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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 38.043 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.043. CERTAIN MANDATORY DETECTION DEVICES |
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PROHIBITED. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus |
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disease. |
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(2) "COVID-19 detection device" means a device worn on |
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a student's body designed and used for the purpose of: |
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(A) detecting the student's temperature; |
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(B) detecting the presence of COVID-19 symptoms; |
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or |
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(C) tracing the student's contact with other |
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individuals infected with COVID-19. |
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(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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not require a student to use a COVID-19 detection device at any time |
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during the school day or at any activity sponsored by the district |
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or school. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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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, 2021. |