Texas Department of State Health Services

School Health Program

84th Legislative Session

School Health and Public Education

2015 Related Legislation

This document contains school health related legislation taken directly from the official Texas Legislature On-Line (TLO) Web site: www.capitol.state.tx.us/Home.aspx. The bills listed have been filed during the 84th session. In order to track the progress of the bill, simply click on the Bill Link and go directly to TLO to view the progress of the bill. The check boxes to the right on this list can be utilized to help in your tracking.

NOTE: A brief descriptive caption of each bill has been provided. Captions provide only the most basic information about a bill. It is always best to read the entire bill to understand all relative items. To check the current status of a bill, click on the Bill link.

BILL
Number / BILL INFORMATION
SENATE BILLS / Passed Out of Senate Committee / Voted on by Senate / Passed Out of House
Committee / Voted on by House
SB 28 / Relating to immunity from liability for public and open-enrollment charter school campuses that maintain a supply of anaphylaxis medicine for emergency use.
SB 66 / Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on public and open-enrollment charter school campuses and at off-campus school-sanctioned events.
SB 69 / Relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to the campus during all instructional hours.
SB 88 / Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools.
SB 133 / Relating to mental health first aid training for school district employees and school resource officers.
SB 164 / Relating to a notification requirement if a school counselor is not assigned to a public school campus.
SB 167 / Relating to the employment of certified school counselors by school districts.
SB 265 /
Relating to student use of sunscreen products in public schools.
SB 297 / Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools.
SB 298 / Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public school students.
SB 300 / Relating to notice to parents of public school students regarding human sexuality instruction.
SB 382 / Relating to public school educator continuing education credit for instruction on the use of an automated external defibrillator.
SB 477 / Relating to the provision of human sexuality and family planning instruction in public schools.
SB 518 / Relating to inclusion of mental health concerns in existing school health efforts.
SB 602 / Relating to cardiac assessments of participants in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.
HOUSE BILLS / Passed Out of House Committee / Passed Out of House / Passed Out of Senate Committee / Passed Out of Senate
HB 47 / Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools.
HB 70 / Relating to prevention of discrimination and harassment in public schools.
HB 78 / Relating to human sexuality education in public schools.
HB 205 / Relating to the provision of human sexuality and family planning instruction in public schools.
HB 228 / Relating to the optional flexible school day program provided by school districts.
HB 233 / Relating to school social work services in public schools.
HB 313 / Relating to employment of certified school counselors by school districts.
HB 357 / Relating to the responsibilities of public school counselors.
HB 440 / Relating to adapting the public school physical education curriculum to accommodate the needs of students with mental disabilities.
HB 467 / Relating to education programs regarding AIDS and HIV infection.
HB 566 / Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on public and open-enrollment charter school campuses and at off-campus school-sanctioned events.
HB 676 / Relating to School Bus Safety Week in public schools.
HB 711 / Relating to the creation of a childhood health program grant.
HB 729 / Relating to the employment of certified school counselors by school districts.
HB 779 / Relating to cardiac assessments of participants in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.
HB 985 / Relating to mental health screening for public school students who may be a danger to self or others and to suspension or educational placement of those students; creating an offense.
HB 1142 / Relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs in public schools.
HB 1172 / Relating to creating a program to recognize before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity.
HB 1231 / Relating to the membership of school district and open-enrollment charter school concussion oversight teams.
HB 1234 / Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain license holders on certain locations associated with a public or private school or educational institution.
HB 1305 / Relating to a program to provide a free or reduced-price breakfast to eligible students attending a public school and the method of determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students.
HB 1341 / Relating to review and modification of the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum.
HB 1351 / Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools.
HB 1498 / Relating to student use of sunscreen products in public schools.
HB 1593 / Relating to notification of parents regarding the immunization status of students enrolled at a public school.

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Last Updated: 3/9/2015