H.B. No. 2483
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to including oral health education as part of the
  coordinated health program for public elementary, middle, and
  junior high school students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 38.013(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The agency shall make available to each school district
  one or more coordinated health programs designed to prevent
  obesity, cardiovascular disease, oral diseases, and Type 2 diabetes
  in elementary school, middle school, and junior high school
  students.  Each program must provide for coordinating:
               (1)  health education, including oral health
  education;
               (2)  physical education and physical activity;
               (3)  nutrition services; and
               (4)  parental involvement.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2483 was passed by the House on May 8,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 7, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2483 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor