Bill Text: TX HB3733 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a fentanyl awareness program in public schools.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Public Education [HB3733 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3733-Introduced.html

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88R11677 GCB-D
By: Guerra H.B. No. 3733

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a fentanyl awareness program in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.354 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.354. FENTANYL AWARENESS PROGRAM. (a) Each school
district and open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a fentanyl
awareness program to educate students, parents, and school
personnel regarding the dangers posed by the use of the drug
fentanyl. The district or school shall incorporate the applicable
components of the program adopted under this section:
(1) for students enrolled in elementary school, as
part of the district's or school's physical education curriculum
under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C) or through a program provided by a
school nurse; and
(2) for students enrolled in middle school, junior
high school, or high school, as part of the district's or school's
health curriculum under Section 28.002(a)(2)(B).
(b) The agency shall assist in the development of programs
under this section by providing information and a list of available
resources relating to the establishment of a fentanyl awareness
program by a school district or open-enrollment charter school.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the effective date of this Act,
a school district or open-enrollment charter school is not required
to adopt a fentanyl awareness program under Section 38.354,
Education Code, as added by this Act, before August 1, 2024.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.