The bill, H.B. No. 3020, amends the Education Code to establish statewide standing orders for the prescription of epinephrine auto-injectors, medication for respiratory distress, and opioid antagonists to public and private schools in Texas. It introduces new provisions that empower the commissioner of state health services, or the chief medical executive if the commissioner is not a physician, to issue these standing orders to school districts and charter schools. The bill specifies that these standing orders are not required to be patient-specific, allowing the medications to be administered to individuals without a prior physician-patient relationship.

Additionally, the bill amends existing language in Sections 38.211 and 38.225 of the Education Code to include these new standing orders. The amendments clarify that both the epinephrine auto-injectors and opioid antagonists can be administered under the new standing orders without the need for a specific patient prescription. The bill is set to take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds vote from both houses of the legislature, or on September 1, 2025, if such a vote is not achieved.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Education Code 38.211, Education Code 38.225 (Education Code 38)