Amend CSSB 865 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 38.018, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 38.018. [PROCEDURES REGARDING RESPONSE TO] CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN [ARREST]. (a) Each school district and private school shall develop and implement a cardiac emergency response plan that establishes safety procedures for a district or school employee or other appropriate personnel [student] to follow in responding to a medical emergency involving cardiac arrest on district or school grounds[, including the appropriate response time in administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation, using an automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code, or calling a local emergency medical services provider].
(b) In developing the plan, the district or school shall:
(1) work directly with local emergency services providers to integrate the plan with the providers' protocols; and
(2) incorporate evidence-based practices of a nationally recognized, guidelines-based organization focused on emergency cardiovascular care.
(c) The plan must include at a minimum:
(1) the establishment of a cardiac emergency response team;
(2) procedures for activating the cardiac emergency response team in response to a medical emergency involving cardiac arrest;
(3) the dissemination of the plan throughout each district or school campus;
(4) ongoing training in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of automated external defibrillators, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code, using evidence-based guidelines, for appropriate district or school employees, including school coaches, school nurses, and athletic trainers;
(5) annual practice drills in responding to a medical emergency involving cardiac arrest; and
(6) annual review, evaluation, and, if necessary, modification of the plan.
(d) A private school is required to develop a cardiac emergency response plan [safety procedures] under this section only if the school receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external defibrillator.
SECTION ____. Not later than the first instructional day of the 2027-2028 school year, each public school and private school to which Section 38.018, Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies shall implement a cardiac emergency response plan as required by that section.