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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prescription drug misuse awareness component of the |
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health curriculum used in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (w) to read as follows: |
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(w) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the |
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health curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B), the State Board of |
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Education shall adopt essential knowledge and skills that address |
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the dangers, causes, consequences, signs, symptoms, and treatment |
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of nonmedical use of prescription drugs. The agency shall compile a |
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list of evidence-based prescription drug misuse awareness programs |
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from which a school district shall choose a program to use in the |
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district's middle school, junior high school, and high school |
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health curriculums. In this subsection, an "evidence-based |
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prescription drug misuse awareness program" means a program, |
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practice, or strategy that has been proven to effectively prevent |
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nonmedical use of prescription drugs among students, as determined |
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by evaluations that use valid and reliable measures and that are |
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published in peer-reviewed journals. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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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, 2015. |