Bill Text: TX HB1298 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to menstrual disorders education and informational materials for public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Public Education [HB1298 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1298-Introduced.html
| 88R2233 ANG-D | ||
| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 1298 | |
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| 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. | ||
