Bill Text: TX HB4374 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to substance abuse awareness programs in public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Public Health [HB4374 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4374-Introduced.html
88R14432 AMF-D | ||
By: Lujan | H.B. No. 4374 |
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relating to substance abuse awareness programs in public schools | ||
and public institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.002(r), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(r) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the | ||
health curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B), the State Board of | ||
Education shall adopt essential knowledge and skills that address | ||
the science, risk factors, causes, dangers, consequences, signs, | ||
symptoms, and treatment of substance abuse, including the use of | ||
illegal drugs, abuse of prescription drugs, abuse of alcohol such | ||
as by binge drinking or other excessive drinking resulting in | ||
alcohol poisoning, inhaling solvents, and other forms of substance | ||
abuse. The agency shall compile a list of evidence-based substance | ||
abuse awareness programs from which a school district shall choose | ||
a program to use in the district's middle school, junior high | ||
school, and high school health curriculum. An evidence-based | ||
substance abuse awareness program under this subsection must | ||
include instruction regarding the dangers posed by the use of the | ||
drug fentanyl. In this subsection, "evidence-based substance abuse | ||
awareness program" means a program, practice, or strategy that has | ||
been proven to effectively prevent substance abuse among students, | ||
as determined by evaluations that are evidence-based. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 51.9365 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.9365. SUBSTANCE ABUSE AWARENESS PROGRAM. (a) In | ||
this section: | ||
(1) "Evidence-based substance abuse awareness | ||
program" means a program, practice, or strategy that has been | ||
proven to effectively prevent substance abuse among students, as | ||
determined by evaluations that are evidence-based. | ||
(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
(b) Each institution of higher education shall include an | ||
evidence-based substance abuse awareness program in the | ||
orientation programming provided to incoming students. An | ||
evidence-based substance abuse awareness program under this | ||
section must include instruction regarding the dangers posed by the | ||
use of the drug fentanyl. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Section 28.002(r), Education Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school | ||
year. | ||
(b) Section 51.9365, Education Code, as added by this Act, | ||
applies beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2023. |