Bill Text: TX SB1625 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to menstrual disorders education and informational materials for public school students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Education [SB1625 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1625-Introduced.html
  88R2233 ANG-D
 
  By: LaMantia, et al. S.B. No. 1625
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to menstrual disorders education and informational
  materials for public school students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 28.0044 to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.0044.  MENSTRUAL DISORDERS EDUCATION AND
  INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS. (a) In this section, "age-appropriate"
  means suitable to particular ages or age groups of children or
  adolescents, based on developing cognitive, emotional, and
  behavioral capacity typical for the age or age group.
         (b)  A school district may provide to students education and
  informational materials regarding menstrual disorders at grade
  levels and in courses considered appropriate by the district.
         (c)  The State Board of Education by rule shall adopt a list
  of age-appropriate informational materials regarding menstrual
  disorders and symptoms of menstrual disorders. The materials must
  include information on:
               (1)  the timing, signs, and symptoms of endometriosis
  and other menstrual disorders;
               (2)  the importance of menstrual health and the impact
  of menstrual health on a person's physical and emotional
  well-being, social interactions, and academic performance;
               (3)  basic statistics on endometriosis and other
  menstrual disorders;
               (4)  best practices regarding methods to advocate for
  one's own health care; and
               (5)  basic treatment options for endometriosis and
  other menstrual disorders and recommendations for follow-up care
  from a health care provider.
         (d)  The State Board of Education shall make available to a
  school district on request any informational materials included on
  the list adopted under Subsection (c).
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         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, 2023.
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