bill allowing a statewide standing order for respiratory distress medication

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By: Guillen
H.B. No. 2995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of medication for respiratory distress in

public and private schools.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 38.211, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as

follows:

(b-1) The commissioner of state health services or, if the

commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the

Department of State Health Services may issue a statewide standing

order prescribing medication for respiratory distress to a school

district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school.

(c) The standing order under Subsection (b) or (b-1) is not

required to be patient-specific, and the epinephrine auto-injector

or medication for respiratory distress may be administered to a

person without a previously established physician-patient

relationship.

SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 38, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 38.2115 to read as follows:

Sec. 38.2115. CONTRACTING FOR MEDICATION FOR RESPIRATORY

DISTRESS AND TRAINING. The board of trustees of a school district

or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school or private

school may contract with a vendor to provide:

(1) medication for respiratory distress and related

equipment to the district or school; and

(2) training to school personnel and school volunteers

authorized to administer medication for respiratory distress under

this subchapter.

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, 2025.