HB 81 (2010) -  Use, Prevention, and Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint on Students with Disabilities in Public Schools

General Bill by Hukill (CO-SPONSORS) Ambler; Anderson; Bernard; Brandenburg; Burgin; Flores; Fresen; Glorioso; Gonzalez; Heller; Hudson; Jenne; Kiar; Llorente; Mayfield; McBurney; Nehr; Pafford; Planas; Porth; Precourt; Rader; Reed; Sachs; Schenck; Schultz; Schwartz; Skidmore; Soto; Stargel; Steinberg; Tobia; Williams, T.; Zapata
Use, Prevention, and Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint on Students with Disabilities in Public Schools: Provides that manual physical restraint shall be used only in emergency when there is imminent risk of serious injury or death to student or others; provides restrictions on use of manual physical restraint; prohibits use of manual physical restraint by school personnel who are not trained & certified to use district-approved methods for applying restraint techniques; prohibits school personnel from placing student in seclusion; provides requirements for use of time-out; requires school to prepare incident report after occasion of student restraint; requires development & revision of school district policies & procedures.
Effective Date: July 1, 2010
Last Event: Laid on Table under Rule 7.20, refer to CS for HB 1073 & HB 81 on Thursday, March 25, 2010 4:37 PM

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Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Laid on Table under Rule 7.20, refer to CS for HB 1073 & HB 81 Time: 03/25/2010 - 4:37 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Favorable with CS by PreK-12 Policy Committee Time: 03/25/2010 - 12:30 PM Member: Committee: PreK-12 Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H PCSMB added to PreK-12 Policy Committee agenda Time: 03/23/2010 - 4:05 PM Member: Committee: PreK-12 Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/02/2010 - 10:50 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in PreK-12 Policy Committee Time: 10/01/2009 - 11:25 AM Member: Committee: PreK-12 Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Education Policy Council Time: 10/01/2009 - 11:25 AM Member: Committee: Education Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Committee Time: 10/01/2009 - 11:25 AM Member: Committee: PreK-12 Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Care Services Policy Committee Time: 10/01/2009 - 11:25 AM Member: Committee: Health Care Services Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to PreK-12 Policy Committee Time: 10/01/2009 - 11:25 AM Member: Committee: PreK-12 Policy Committee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 08/20/2009 - 3:20 PM Member: Hukill Committee: Version: __

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1003.573 CS/CS/HB 1073, CS/CS/SB 2118, SB 2616