Bill Text: TX HB1720 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to parental notice regarding an incident of lice in a public elementary school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1720 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1720-Introduced.html
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By: Phillips | H.B. No. 1720 |
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relating to parental notice regarding an incident of lice in a | ||
public elementary school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.031 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.031. NOTICE OF LICE. (a) A school administrator or | ||
nurse of a public elementary school who determines or otherwise | ||
becomes aware that a child enrolled in the school has lice shall | ||
provide written or electronic notice of that fact to: | ||
(1) the parent of the child with lice as soon as | ||
practicable but not later than 48 hours after the administrator or | ||
nurse, as applicable, determines or becomes aware of that fact; and | ||
(2) the parent of each child assigned to the same | ||
classroom as the child with lice not later than the fifth school day | ||
after the date on which the administrator or nurse, as applicable, | ||
determines or becomes aware of that fact. | ||
(b) The notice provided under Subsection (a): | ||
(1) must include the recommendations of the Centers | ||
for Disease Control and Prevention for the treatment and prevention | ||
of lice; and | ||
(2) if the notice is provided under Subsection (a)(2), | ||
may not identify the child with lice. | ||
(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section in a manner that complies with federal law | ||
regarding confidentiality of student medical or educational | ||
information, including the Health Insurance Portability and | ||
Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.) and the | ||
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. | ||
Section 1232g), and any state law relating to the privacy of student | ||
information. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
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, 2017. |