Bill Text: TX SB1141 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to instruction of certain students in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Referred to Education [SB1141 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1141-Introduced.html

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85R12538 CAE-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 1141

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to instruction of certain students in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 28.0023(c) and (e), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
[shall] provide instruction to students in grades 7 through 12 in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a manner consistent with the
requirements of this section [and State Board of Education rules
adopted under this section]. The instruction may be provided as a
part of any course. [A student shall receive the instruction at
least once before graduation.]
(e) If a school district or open-enrollment charter school
offers cardiopulmonary [Cardiopulmonary] resuscitation
instruction, the instruction must include training that has been
developed:
(1) by the American Heart Association or the American
Red Cross; or
(2) using nationally recognized, evidence-based
guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care and incorporating
psychomotor skills to support the instruction.
SECTION 2. Sections 28.0023(b) and (d), Education Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.