83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 897, Chapter 1269 Page: 1 of 4
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CHAPTER 1269 H.B. No. 897
AN ACT
relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in
secondary education curriculum.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Edmund Kuempel Act.
SECTION 2. Section 28.0023, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d), (e),
(f), and (g) to read as follows:
(b) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
includee e nts relating to] instruction in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation for students in grades 7 through 12 [and the use of an
a.nd skills c-f the h.ealth curr:icu .l. undr . e -cti -,. 2_ ( ) (2) (D) ].
(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter [Th-4
subsct'ion applied only to private scho th t receive an
funding from the t p o l a t t t n t 1
defibrillator. ,A priva-:te] school shall provide instruction to
students in grades 7 through 12 in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
[ a'n the u of 1 a- toat te defib illator ] in a manner
consistent with the requirements of this section and State Board of
Education rules adopted under this section. The instruction may be
provided as a part of any course. A student shall receive the
instruction at least once before graduation.1
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 897, Chapter 1269, legislative document, June 14, 2013; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth438064/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.