89R8915 RAL-D     By: Johnson S.B. No. 1325       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of medication for respiratory distress in   public and private schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 38.211, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as   follows:          (b-1)  The commissioner of state health services or, if the   commissioner is not a physician, the chief medical executive of the   Department of State Health Services may issue a statewide standing   order prescribing medication for respiratory distress to a school   district, open-enrollment charter school, or private school.          (c)  The standing order under Subsection (b) or (b-1) is not   required to be patient-specific, and the epinephrine auto-injector   or medication for respiratory distress may be administered to a   person without a previously established physician-patient   relationship.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 38, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 38.2115 to read as follows:          Sec. 38.2115.  CONTRACTING FOR MEDICATION FOR RESPIRATORY   DISTRESS AND TRAINING. The board of trustees of a school district   or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school or private   school may contract with a vendor to provide:                (1)  medication for respiratory distress and related   equipment to the district or school; and                (2)  training to school personnel and school volunteers   authorized to administer medication for respiratory distress under   this subchapter.          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.