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1-1 By: Giddings, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Bivins) H.B. No. 821

1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2001;

1-3 April 18, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on

1-4 Education; May 11, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable

1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;

1-6 May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)

1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 821 By: Bivins

1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-9 AN ACT

1-10 relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction for public

1-11 school students.

1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is

1-14 amended by adding Section 7.025 to read as follows:

1-15 Sec. 7.025. DONATIONS FOR USE RELATED TO CARDIOPULMONARY

1-16 RESUSCITATION (CPR) INSTRUCTION. (a) The agency may accept

1-17 donations, including donations of equipment, for use in providing

1-18 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instruction to students. The

1-19 agency:

1-20 (1) shall distribute the donations to school districts

1-21 that provide CPR instruction to students under Section 29.903; and

1-22 (2) may use a portion of the donations to the extent

1-23 necessary to pay administrative expenses related to the donations.

1-24 ( The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to

1-25 implement this section.

1-26 SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is

1-27 amended by adding Section 29.903 to read as follows:

1-28 Sec. 29.903. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR)

1-29 INSTRUCTION; DONATIONS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR USE IN CPR

1-30 INSTRUCTION. (a) A school district that provides instruction to

1-31 students in the principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary

1-32 resuscitation (CPR) may accept from the agency donations the agency

1-33 receives under Section 7.025. The district must use those

1-34 donations in providing instruction to students in the principles

1-35 and techniques of CPR. A district may accept other donations,

1-36 including donations of equipment, for use in providing the

1-37 instruction.

1-38 ( To the extent that resources are available to a school

1-39 district under Section 7.025 or this section, the district shall

1-40 provide instruction to students in the principles and techniques of

1-41 CPR.

1-42 © A district may use resources other than those made

1-43 available under Section 7.025 or this section to provide

1-44 instruction to students in the principles and techniques of CPR.

1-45 (d) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to

1-46 implement this section.

1-47 SECTION 3. It is the intent of the legislature that each

1-48 student in this state receive instruction in the principles and

1-49 techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) through the

1-50 student's school district at least once at the ninth grade level or

1-51 above. Each district is strongly encouraged to aggressively pursue

1-52 donations of time, equipment, and other resources necessary to

1-53 implement this section. The CPR instruction under this section

1-54 should conform to nationally recognized guidelines on CPR

1-55 instruction.

1-56 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

1-57 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

1-58 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

1-59 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

1-60 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.

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