Office of the Superintendent of Schools
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Approval Of Proposed Revisions To Board Policy FFAC(LOCAL), Wellness And Health Services: Medical Treatment-Second Reading
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In the 2023 session, Texas Senate bills 294 and 629 were passed, which created changes that should be reflected in HISD’s Board Policy FFAC(LOCAL), Wellness and Health Services: Medical Treatment.
S.B. 629 Specific Requirements:
• Each school district shall adopt and implement a policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of opioid antagonists at each campus in the district that serves students in grades 6 through 12 and may adopt and implement such a policy at each campus in the district, including campuses serving students in a grade level below grade 6. (Including campuses with students below 6th grade is recommended due to the current Fentanyl crisis).
• Require that each school campus subject to a policy adopted under this section have one or more school personnel members or school volunteers authorized and trained to administer an opioid antagonist present during regular school hours.
• Establish the number of opioid antagonists that must be available at each campus at any given time and require the supply be stored in a secure location that is easily accessible to trained staff.
• The standing order under Subsection (b) is not required to be patient-specific, and the opioid antagonist may be administered to a person without a previously established physician-patient relationship.
• A person who in good faith takes, or fails to take, any action under this subchapter is immune from civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action resulting from that action or failure to act.
S.B. 294 Specific Requirements:
• Allows that schools may keep unassigned epinephrine autoinjectors and medications for respiratory distress including but not limited to albuterol and levalbuterol for use in the case of anaphylactic or respiratory emergency.
• Each school district may adopt and implement a policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of medication for respiratory distress including training of staff.
• The standing order for epinephrine autoinjectors or medication for respiratory distress is not required to be patient-specific, and the opioid antagonist may be administered to a person without a previously established physician-patient relationship.
A copy of FFAC(LOCAL) showing the proposed changes is attached.
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COST/FUNDING SOURCE(S): |
The total cost of this service is variable depending on donation programs for health medications and partnerships for medical doctor orders. |
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Fund Source |
Fund |
Cost Center |
Functional Area |
General Ledger |
Internal Order/ Work Breakdown Structure |
Amount |
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1030820000 |
Hlth & Med Srvs |
1993000000 |
Department Budgets |
Contracted Maint. |
PS33990000000000 |
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STAFFING IMPLICATIONS: |
None |
THIS ITEM DOES MODIFY BOARD POLICY.
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RECOMMENDED: That the School Board approves the proposed revisions to Board Policy FFAC(LOCAL), Wellness and Health Services: Medical Treatment, on second reading, effective September 13, 2024.