Reference is to Printer's Date 4/25/18-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to read:
/ SECTION __.A. Section 59-32-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-32-20.
(A) Before August 1, 1988, the board,
through the department, shall select or develop an instructional
unit with separate components addressing the subjects of
reproductive health education, family life education, pregnancy
prevention education, and sexually transmitted diseases and make
the instructional unit available to local school districts. The
board, through the department, also shall make available
information about other programs developed by other states upon
request of a local school district.
(B) In addition to the
provisions of subsection (A), before September 1, 2015, the
board, through the department, shall select or develop
instructional units in sexual abuse and assault awareness and
prevention, with separate units appropriate for each age level
from four-year-old kindergarten through twelfth grade.
(C) Before
August 1, 2018, and through the cyclical review process, the
board shall include instruction on prescription opioid abuse
prevention, with an emphasis on the prescription drug epidemic
and the connection between opioid abuse and addiction to other
drugs, such as heroin, in the health standards. In addition,
the board shall make available to districts a list of
instructional materials that meet state standards. Districts
shall continue to adopt or develop curriculum locally."
B. This SECTION takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is applicable beginning with the 2018-2019 School Year.
SECTION __. Article 1, Chapter 103, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-103-155. Any public or private institution of higher education in the State from which a student may earn a degree in a health care profession that allows the person to prescribe controlled substances listed in Schedules II, III, and IV in the State shall require for those programs that students complete coursework on the prescription and monitoring of Schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances, including coursework on the prescription of Schedule II controlled substances to treat or manage pain, and strategies that can be employed to recognize signs of and reduce the likelihood of patient addiction. These institutions of higher education shall coordinate with the state's Commission on Higher Education, Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Dentistry, and Board of Nursing to develop the curriculum." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.