HB 3450
AN ACT relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Requires school nurses, coaches, physical education instructors, and other specified school employees to receive and maintain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use from nationally recognized associations like the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. Private schools and open-enrollment charter schools must develop policies to make CPR and AED instruction available to employees and volunteers, with the requirements going into effect for the 2025-2026 school year, ensuring that key school personnel are trained in life-saving emergency medical techniques.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators for school district, private school, and open-enrollment charter school employees and BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 22.902(c) and (e), Education Code, are (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 cardiopulmonary resuscitation and [in] the use of an automated external defibrillator. A person described by this subsection must receive and maintain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator from the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or a similar nationally recognized association. (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 or open-enrollment charter 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 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 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. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the
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