Texas Education Code
§ 38.222 — MAINTENANCE, ADMINISTRATION, AND DISPOSAL OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS
ED § 38.222Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 38. HEALTH AND SAFETY · Art. E-1. MAINTENANCE, ADMINISTRATION, AND DISPOSAL OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS
Statute text
View on source(a)Each school district shall adopt and implement a policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioid antagonists at each campus in the district that serves students in grades 6 through 12 and may adopt and implement such a policy at each campus in the district, including campuses serving students in a grade level below grade 6.
(b)An open-enrollment charter school or private school may adopt and implement a policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioid antagonists. If a school adopts a policy under this subsection, the school may apply the policy:
(1)only at campuses of the school serving students in grades 6 through 12; or
(2)at each campus of the school, including campuses serving students in a grade level below grade 6.
(c)A policy adopted under this section must:
(1)provide that school personnel and school volunteers who are authorized and trained may administer an opioid antagonist to a person who is reasonably believed to be experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1080 (S.B. 629), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2023.