Bill Text: TX HB3908 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness education in public schools.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3908 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3908-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness education in public schools.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3908 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3908-Comm_Sub.html
88R25003 AMF-F | |||
By: Wilson | H.B. No. 3908 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3908: | |||
By: Buckley | C.S.H.B. No. 3908 |
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relating to fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness | ||
education in public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Tucker's Law. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.9074 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.9074. FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS WEEK. (a) To | ||
educate students about the dangers posed by the drug fentanyl and | ||
the risks of fentanyl poisoning, including overdose, the governor | ||
shall designate a week to be known as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness | ||
Week in public schools. | ||
(b) Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week may include | ||
age-appropriate instruction, including instruction on the | ||
prevention of the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl, as determined | ||
by each school district. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.040 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.040. FENTANYL ABUSE PREVENTION AND DRUG POISONING | ||
AWARENESS EDUCATION. (a) Each school district shall annually | ||
provide research-based instruction related to fentanyl abuse | ||
prevention and drug poisoning awareness to students in grades 6 | ||
through 12. | ||
(b) The instruction required by this section must include: | ||
(1) suicide prevention; | ||
(2) prevention of the abuse of and addiction to | ||
fentanyl; | ||
(3) awareness of local school and community resources | ||
and any processes involved in accessing those resources; and | ||
(4) health education that includes information about | ||
substance use and abuse, including youth substance use and abuse. | ||
(c) The instruction required by this section may be provided | ||
by an entity or an employee or agent of an entity that is: | ||
(1) a public or private institution of higher | ||
education; | ||
(2) a library; | ||
(3) a community service organization; | ||
(4) a religious organization; | ||
(5) a local public health agency; or | ||
(6) an organization employing mental health | ||
professionals. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 38.351, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows: | ||
(g-1) A school district may satisfy a requirement to | ||
implement a program in the area of substance abuse prevention and | ||
intervention by providing instruction related to youth substance | ||
use and abuse education under Section 38.040. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 6. 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. |