Bill Text: TX HB639 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to school district policies for the care of students at risk for anaphylaxis.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - Referred to Public Education [HB639 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB639-Introduced.html
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| By: Branch | H.B. No. 639 | |
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| relating to school district policies for the care of students at | ||
| risk for anaphylaxis. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.0151 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.0151. POLICIES FOR CARE OF STUDENTS AT RISK FOR | ||
| ANAPHYLAXIS. (a) The board of trustees of each school district | ||
| shall implement and administer a policy for the care of students at | ||
| risk for anaphylaxis based on guidelines developed by the | ||
| commissioner of state health services in consultation with an ad | ||
| hoc committee appointed by the commissioner of state health | ||
| services. | ||
| (b) The guidelines described by Subsection (a) do not | ||
| supersede a school district policy implemented before the | ||
| development of the guidelines to the extent the policy is | ||
| consistent with the guidelines. | ||
| (c) Not later than October 1, 2011, the commissioner of | ||
| state health services shall appoint members to an ad hoc committee | ||
| to consult with the commissioner of state health services on | ||
| developing guidelines for the care of students at risk for | ||
| anaphylaxis. The committee shall be composed as follows: | ||
| (1) not more than one representative from each of the | ||
| following entities: | ||
| (A) the Department of State Health Services; | ||
| (B) the Texas Education Agency; | ||
| (C) the Food Allergy Initiative; | ||
| (D) the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network; and | ||
| (E) the Texas School Nurses Organization; | ||
| (2) not more than one physician member of the Texas | ||
| chapter of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) at least two parents of public school students at | ||
| risk for anaphylaxis. | ||
| (d) Not later than December 31, 2011, the commissioner of | ||
| state health services shall, in consultation with the ad hoc | ||
| committee established under this section, develop guidelines for | ||
| the care of students at risk for anaphylaxis. | ||
| (e) Subsections (c) and (d) and this subsection expire June | ||
| 1, 2012. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than May 1, 2012, the board of trustees | ||
| of each school district shall implement the policy for the care of | ||
| students at risk for anaphylaxis as required by Section 38.0151, | ||
| Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2011. | ||
