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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to statewide standing orders prescribing epinephrine |
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auto-injectors, medication for respiratory distress, and opioid |
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antagonists to public and private schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.211, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) The commissioner of state health services or, if the |
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commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the |
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Department of State Health Services shall issue statewide standing |
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orders prescribing epinephrine auto-injectors and medication for |
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respiratory distress to a school district, open-enrollment charter |
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school, or private school. |
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(c) The standing order under Subsection (b) or (b-1) is not |
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required to be patient-specific, and the epinephrine auto-injector |
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or medication for respiratory distress may be administered to a |
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person without a previously established physician-patient |
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relationship. |
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SECTION 2. Section 38.225, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) The commissioner of state health services or, if the |
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commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the |
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Department of State Health Services shall issue a statewide |
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standing order prescribing opioid antagonists to a school district, |
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open-enrollment charter school, or private school. |
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(c) The standing order under Subsection (b) or (b-1) is not |
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required to be patient-specific, and the opioid antagonist may be |
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administered to a person without a previously established |
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physician-patient relationship. |
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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, 2025. |