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AN ACT
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relating to certain health programs and grants and other related |
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funds for school districts located in the border region. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 168, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Sections 168.010 and 168.011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 168.010. DIABETES INTERVENTION PILOT PROGRAM FOR |
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED ON THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER. (a) This |
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section applies only to a school district located in a county that: |
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(1) has a population of less than 600,000; and |
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(2) is located on the international border. |
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(b) The department, in consultation with the Texas |
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Education Agency, shall adopt criteria for the development of a |
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pilot program that is designed to prevent and detect Type 2 diabetes |
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for a school district described by Subsection (a) that has a student |
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population identified by the commissioner as at risk for Type 2 |
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diabetes and that takes into account the needs of the school |
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district. A pilot program developed under this subsection must |
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provide that: |
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(1) for each student in kindergarten through grade |
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eight, each school in the school district must: |
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(A) measure the height, weight, and blood glucose |
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levels of the student at the beginning of the school year and at |
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another appropriate time during the implementation of the program; |
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and |
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(B) track the measurements of the student and the |
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progress of the student under the program through a data entry |
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system provided over the Internet; and |
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(2) the pilot program components consist of bilingual |
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materials. |
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(c) A school district to which Subsection (a) applies may |
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choose to participate in a pilot program under this section. In the |
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first year a school district implements a program under this |
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section, the district shall report the measurements of student |
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height, weight, and blood glucose levels and the progress of a |
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student under the program to the entity that administers the |
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program. The administering entity, in cooperation with the |
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department, shall evaluate and analyze the measurements to |
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determine the effectiveness of the program in the first year. |
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(d) The department shall, from money appropriated for that |
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purpose, distribute money to each school district that chooses to |
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implement a pilot program under this section to cover the costs |
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associated with the program. |
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Sec. 168.011. GRANT-WRITING COORDINATION PROGRAM. (a) The |
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department shall employ one person as a grant writer to assist and |
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coordinate with school districts located in the Texas-Mexico border |
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region in obtaining grants and other funds for school-based health |
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centers. |
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(b) A grant writer employed under this section may secure a |
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grant or other funds on behalf of the state for a school-based |
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health center. |
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(c) Funds obtained by the use of a grant writer employed |
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under this section may be used only to: |
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(1) acquire, construct, or improve facilities for a |
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school-based health center; |
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(2) purchase or lease equipment or materials for a |
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school-based health center; or |
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(3) pay the salary or employment benefits of a person |
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who is employed to work exclusively in a school-based health |
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center. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3618 was passed by the House on May |
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10, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3618 on May 25, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3618 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays |
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5. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |