Bill Text: TX SB382 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to public school educator continuing education credit for instruction on the use of an automated external defibrillator.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [SB382 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB382-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Uresti S.B. No. 382
(In the Senate - Filed January 28, 2015; February 2, 2015,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
March 23, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
Nays 0; March 23, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public school educator continuing education credit for
instruction on the use of an automated external defibrillator.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.0541 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.0541. CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT FOR INSTRUCTION
RELATED TO USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR. The board
shall adopt rules allowing an educator to receive credit towards
the educator's continuing education requirements for completion of
an instructional course on the use of an automated external
defibrillator that meets the guidelines for automated external
defibrillator training approved under Section 779.002, Health and
Safety Code.
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, 2015.
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