TX SB920

Expands medication administration authority to include open-enrollment charter schools and private schools, in addition to public school districts, allowing employees to administer medications to students

Permits school employees, including nurses, to administer nonprescription medications without a health care provider's written protocol if the parent provides written authorization, the medication is unexpired and in its original properly labeled container, and the dose follows label instructions

Grants immunity from civil liability and administrative disciplinary action to schools, their governing bodies, and employees for damages resulting from medication administration when proper procedures are followed

Allows governing bodies to authorize volunteer licensed physicians or registered nurses (with school-provided liability insurance) to administer nonprescription medications or currently prescribed medications to students

Takes effect September 1, 2025; passed the Senate 31-0 on April 2, 2025, and the House 147-0 on May 20, 2025