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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to mandatory spinal screenings for children in certain |
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grades attending public or private schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The board, in cooperation with the Texas Education |
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Agency, shall adopt rules for the mandatory spinal screening of |
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female children in grades 5 and 7 and male children in grade 8 [6 and
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9] attending public or private schools. The department shall |
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coordinate the spinal screening program with any other screening |
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program conducted by the department on those children. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health |
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and Human Services Commission, in cooperation with the Texas |
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Education Agency, shall adopt the rules required by Section |
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37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, as soon |
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as practicable after the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) Section 37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |