Bill Text: TX HB897 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in secondary education curriculum.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB897 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB897-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 897

AN ACT
relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in
secondary education curriculum.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Edmund Kuempel Act.
SECTION 2. Section 28.0023, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e),
(f), and (g) to read as follows:
(b) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
[include elements relating to] instruction in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation for students in grades 7 through 12 [and the use of an
automated external defibrillator as part of the essential knowledge
and skills of the health curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(2)(B)].
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter [This
subsection applies only to a private school that receives an
automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives
funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external
defibrillator. A private] school shall provide instruction to
students in grades 7 through 12 in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
[and the use of an automated external defibrillator] in a manner
consistent with the requirements of this section and State Board of
Education rules adopted under this section. The instruction may be
provided as a part of any course. A student shall receive the
instruction at least once before graduation.
(d) A school administrator may waive the curriculum
requirement under this section for an eligible student who has a
disability.
(e) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction must include
training that has been developed:
(1) by the American Heart Association or the American
Red Cross; or
(2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based
guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care and incorporating
psychomotor skills to support the instruction.
(f) For purposes of Subsection (e), "psychomotor skills"
means hands-on practice to support cognitive learning. The term
does not include cognitive-only instruction and training.
(g) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
use emergency medical technicians, paramedics, police officers,
firefighters, representatives of the American Heart Association or
the American Red Cross, teachers, other school employees, or other
similarly qualified individuals to provide instruction and
training under this section. Instruction provided under this
section is not required to result in certification in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. If instruction is intended to
result in certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the
course instructor must be authorized to provide the instruction by
the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a
similar nationally recognized association.
SECTION 3. Section 28.0023(a), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2014-2015
school year.
SECTION 5. 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, 2013.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 897 was passed by the House on April
26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 7, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 897 on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 26,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 897 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays
3.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor