By: Johnson S.B. No. 1325

(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2025; February 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16; April 14, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 14, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1325 By: Bettencourt

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to contracting by public and private schools for the provision of medication for respiratory distress and training in administering that medication.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 38.2115 to read as follows:

Sec. 38.2115. CONTRACTING FOR MEDICATION FOR RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AND TRAINING. The board of trustees of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school or private school may contract with a vendor to provide:

(1) medication for respiratory distress and related equipment to the district or school; and

(2) training to school personnel and school volunteers authorized to administer medication for respiratory distress under this subchapter.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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