S.B. No. 7
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the
  availability and use of automated external defibrillators at
  certain school campuses and athletic events, and the creation of a
  cardiovascular screening pilot program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 5.001, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subdivision (6-a) to read as follows:
               (6-a)  "Private school" means a school that:
                     (A)  offers a course of instruction for students
  in one or more grades from prekindergarten through grade 12; and
                     (B)  is not operated by a governmental entity.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 7.026, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The agency may accept donations, including donations of
  equipment, for use in providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  (CPR) instruction to students. The agency:
               (1)  shall distribute the donations to school districts
  for the purpose of providing [that provide] CPR instruction to
  students under Sections 28.0023 and [Section] 29.903; and
               (2)  may use a portion of the donations to the extent
  necessary to pay administrative expenses related to the donations.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 22.902 to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.902.  INSTRUCTION RELATED TO CARDIOPULMONARY
  RESUSCITATION AND USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR. (a)  A
  school district shall annually make available to district employees
  and volunteers instruction in the principles and techniques of
  cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external
  defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety
  Code.
         (b)  The instruction provided in the use of an automated
  external defibrillator must meet guidelines for automated external
  defibrillator training approved under Section 779.002, Health and
  Safety Code.
         (c)  Each school nurse, assistant school nurse, athletic
  coach or sponsor, physical education instructor, marching band
  director, cheerleading coach, and any other school employee
  specified by the commissioner and each student who serves as an
  athletic trainer must participate in the instruction in the use of
  an automated external defibrillator. A person described by this
  subsection must receive and maintain certification in the use of an
  automated external defibrillator from the American Heart
  Association, the American Red Cross, or a similar nationally
  recognized association.
         (d)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
  implement this section.
         (e)  This subsection applies only to a private school that
  receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or
  receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated
  external defibrillator.  A private school shall adopt a policy
  under which the school makes available to school employees and
  volunteers instruction in the principles and techniques of
  cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external
  defibrillator. The policy must comply with the requirements
  prescribed by this section and commissioner rules adopted under
  this section, including the requirements prescribed by Subsection
  (c).
         SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 28.0023 to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.0023.  CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATED
  EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR INSTRUCTION. (a)  In this section,
  "automated external defibrillator" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code.
         (b)  The State Board of Education by rule shall include
  elements relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary 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).
         (c)  This subsection applies only to a private school that
  receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or
  receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated
  external defibrillator.  A private school shall provide instruction
  to students 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.
         SECTION 5.  Subsection (a), Section 29.903, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A school district [that provides instruction to
  students in the principles and techniques of cardiopulmonary
  resuscitation (CPR)] may accept from the agency donations the
  agency receives under Section 7.026 for[. The district must] use
  [those donations] in providing instruction to students in the
  principles and techniques of CPR.  A district may accept other
  donations, including donations of equipment, for use in providing
  the instruction.
         SECTION 6.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 38.017, 38.018, and 38.019 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 38.017.  AVAILABILITY OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
  DEFIBRILLATOR. (a)  Each school district shall make available at
  each campus in the district at least one automated external
  defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety
  Code.  A campus defibrillator must be readily available during any
  University Interscholastic League athletic competition held on the
  campus.  In determining the location at which to store a campus
  defibrillator, the principal of the campus shall consider the
  primary location on campus where students engage in athletic
  activities.
         (b)  To the extent practicable, each school district, in
  cooperation with the University Interscholastic League, shall make
  reasonable efforts to ensure that an automated external
  defibrillator is available at each University Interscholastic
  League athletic practice held at a district campus. If a school
  district is not able to make an automated external defibrillator
  available in the manner provided by this subsection, the district
  shall determine the extent to which an automated external
  defibrillator must be available at each University Interscholastic
  League athletic practice held at a district campus. The
  determination must be based, in addition to any other appropriate
  considerations, on relevant medical information.
         (c)  Each school district, in cooperation with the
  University Interscholastic League, shall determine the extent to
  which an automated external defibrillator must be available at each
  University Interscholastic League athletic competition held at a
  location other than a district campus. The determination must be
  based, in addition to any other appropriate considerations, on
  relevant medical information and whether emergency services
  personnel are present at the athletic competition under a contract
  with the school district.
         (d)  Each school district shall ensure the presence at each
  location at which an automated external defibrillator is required
  under Subsection (a), (b), or (c) of at least one campus or district
  employee trained in the proper use of the defibrillator at any time
  a substantial number of district students are present at the
  location.
         (e)  A school district shall ensure that an automated
  external defibrillator is used and maintained in accordance with
  standards established under Chapter 779, Health and Safety Code.
         (f)  This section does not:
               (1)  waive any immunity from liability of a school
  district or its officers or employees;
               (2)  create any liability for or a cause of action
  against a school district or its officers or employees; or
               (3)  waive any immunity from liability under Section
  74.151, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
         (g)  This subsection applies only to a private school that
  receives an automated external defibrillator from the agency or
  receives funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated
  external defibrillator.  A private school shall:
               (1)  make available at the school at least one
  automated external defibrillator; and
               (2)  in coordination with the Texas Association of
  Private and Parochial Schools, adopt a policy concerning the
  availability of an automated external defibrillator at athletic
  competitions and practices in a manner consistent with the
  requirements prescribed by this section, including the training and
  maintenance requirements prescribed by this section.
         (h)  A school district may seek and accept gifts, grants, or
  other donations to pay the district's cost of purchasing automated
  external defibrillators required under this section.
         Sec. 38.018.  PROCEDURES REGARDING RESPONSE TO CARDIAC
  ARREST. (a)  Each school district and private school shall develop
  safety procedures for a district or school employee or student to
  follow in responding to a medical emergency involving cardiac
  arrest, including the appropriate response time in administering
  cardiopulmonary resuscitation, using an automated external
  defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, Health and Safety
  Code, or calling a local emergency medical services provider.
         (b)  A private school is required to develop safety
  procedures under this section only if the school receives an
  automated external defibrillator from the agency or receives
  funding from the agency to purchase or lease an automated external
  defibrillator.
         Sec. 38.019.  CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING PILOT PROGRAM.
  (a)  In this section, "pilot program" means the cardiovascular
  screening pilot program.
         (b)  The commissioner shall establish a pilot program under
  which sixth grade students at participating campuses are
  administered a cardiovascular screening, including an
  electrocardiogram and an echocardiogram.
         (c)  The commissioner shall select campuses to participate
  in the pilot program. In selecting campuses, the commissioner
  shall ensure that the cardiovascular screening is administered to
  an ethnically diverse range of students.
         (d)  The commissioner may accept grants and donations for use
  in administering the pilot program.
         (e)  The commissioner shall require a participating campus
  to provide the results of a student's cardiovascular screening to
  the student's parent or guardian.
         (f)  Each campus selected to participate in the pilot program
  shall provide a summary of the results of the cardiovascular
  screenings to the commissioner in a manner that does not identify
  specific students. Not later than January 1, 2009, the
  commissioner shall prepare and deliver to each member of the
  legislature a report summarizing the results of the cardiovascular
  screenings. This subsection expires June 1, 2009.
         (g)  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to
  administer this section.
         SECTION 7.  Subchapter B, Chapter 44, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 44.047 to read as follows:
         Sec. 44.047.  PURCHASE OR LEASE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
  DEFIBRILLATOR. (a)  A school district or private school that
  purchases or leases an automated external defibrillator, as defined
  by Section 779.001, Health and Safety Code, shall ensure that the
  automated external defibrillator meets standards established by
  the federal Food and Drug Administration.
         (b)  A private school that purchases or leases an automated
  external defibrillator is required to comply with the requirements
  of this section only if the school receives funding from the agency
  to purchase or lease the automated external defibrillator.
         SECTION 8.  Subsection (b), Section 29.903, Education Code,
  is repealed.
         SECTION 9.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this Act,
  this Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 school year.
         (b)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules relating
  to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an
  automated external defibrillator in accordance with Section
  28.0023, Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than March
  1, 2008.  The rules shall require each school district and
  open-enrollment charter school to provide instruction in
  cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external
  defibrillator beginning with the 2008-2009 school year.
         (c)  Each private school to which Subsection (c), Section
  28.0023, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies shall
  provide instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of
  an automated external defibrillator as required by that section
  beginning with the 2008-2009 school year.
         (d)  The State Board of Education is not required to review
  and adopt textbooks for the health curriculum to comply with the
  requirements of Section 28.0023, Education Code, as added by this
  Act, until those textbooks are otherwise scheduled for review and
  adoption under the cycle adopted under Section 31.022, Education
  Code.
         SECTION 10.  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, 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 7 passed the Senate on
  March 19, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 24, 2007, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 7 passed the House, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 148,
  Nays 0, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor