TITLE: Relating to an opioid-related drug overdose response protocol and training on the administration of an opioid antagonist for public school personnel.

SUMMARY: Relating to an opioid-related drug overdose response protocol and training on the administration of an opioid antagonist for public school personnel.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to an opioid-related drug overdose response protocol and training on the administration of an opioid antagonist for public school personnel. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 38.0301 to read as follows: Sec. 38.0301. OPIOID-RELATED DRUG OVERDOSE RESPONSE PROTOCOL. (a) In this section, "opioid antagonist" and "opioid-related drug overdose" have the meanings assigned by Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code. (b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall develop and annually make available a protocol for school employees to follow in the event a person at a campus of the district or school experiences what is reasonably believed to be an opioid-related drug overdose. (c) The protocol adopted under this section must: (1) provide for information about the availability of opioid antagonists at each district or school campus; and (2) require that agency-approved training in the use of opioid antagonists is provided to any school employee who may be reasonably expected to administer an opioid antagonist to a person who is reasonably believed to be experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose at a district or school campus. (d) The training required under Subsection (c)(2) may be provided as an online course. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 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.