Bill Text: TX SB261 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators in secondary education curriculum.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-29 - Referred to Education [SB261 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB261-Introduced.html
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| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 261 | |
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| relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the | ||
| use of automated external defibrillators in secondary education | ||
| curriculum. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.0023, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e), | ||
| (f), and (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The State Board of Education by rule shall include | ||
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| resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator as | ||
| part of the essential knowledge and skills of the health curriculum | ||
| under Section 28.002(a)(2)(B) for students in grades 7 through 12. | ||
| (c) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or | ||
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| students in grades 7 through 12 in cardiopulmonary resuscitation | ||
| and the use of an automated external defibrillator in a manner | ||
| consistent with the requirements of this section and State Board of | ||
| Education rules adopted under this section. A student shall | ||
| receive this instruction at least once before graduation. | ||
| (d) A school administrator may waive the curriculum | ||
| requirement under this section for an eligible student who has a | ||
| disability. | ||
| (e) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external | ||
| defibrillator instruction must include cardiopulmonary | ||
| resuscitation and automated external defibrillator 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. | ||
| (f) For purposes of Subsection (e), "psychomotor skills" | ||
| means hands-on practice to support cognitive learning. The term | ||
| does not include cognitive-only instruction and training. | ||
| (g) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or | ||
| private school may use emergency medical technicians, paramedics, | ||
| police officers, firefighters, representatives of the American | ||
| Heart Association or the American Red Cross, teachers, other school | ||
| employees, or other similarly qualified individuals to provide | ||
| instruction and training under this section. Instruction provided | ||
| under this section is not required to result in certification in | ||
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation or the use of an automated external | ||
| defibrillator. If instruction is intended to result in | ||
| certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or the use of an | ||
| automated external defibrillator, the course instructor must be | ||
| authorized to provide the instruction by the American Heart | ||
| Association, the American Red Cross, or a similar nationally | ||
| recognized association. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2014-2015 | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
