Bill Text: TX HB168 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to creating a voluntary program to recognize licensed before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-16 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB168 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB168-Engrossed.html
| By: Lucio III, Rodriguez of Travis | H.B. No. 168 | |
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| relating to creating a voluntary program to recognize licensed | ||
| before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy | ||
| eating and physical activity. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 42.0429 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 42.0429. DISTINGUISHED BEFORE-SCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL | ||
| HEALTH RECOGNITION PROGRAM. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Program attendee" means a child enrolled in a | ||
| full-day or half-day before-school or after-school program. | ||
| (2) "Screen time" means time spent viewing television | ||
| or videos or working on computers, tablets, and handheld | ||
| entertainment devices, with or without Internet access. | ||
| (b) The department shall develop a voluntary program for | ||
| recognizing licensed before-school and after-school programs that | ||
| promote healthy eating and physical activity. The recognition | ||
| program must provide for the self-evaluation of a before-school or | ||
| after-school program to determine the program's compliance with the | ||
| requirements for recognition under Subsection (c). | ||
| (c) A before-school or after-school program seeking | ||
| recognition under this section shall evaluate the program's | ||
| compliance with the following requirements: | ||
| (1) at least one staff member of the before-school or | ||
| after-school program is trained on the standards of this section | ||
| and the importance of modeling healthy eating and physical activity | ||
| in the presence of program attendees; | ||
| (2) the before-school or after-school program | ||
| provides opportunities for program attendees to participate in at | ||
| least 30 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity for a | ||
| half-day program and at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous | ||
| physical activity for a full-day program; | ||
| (3) the before-school or after-school program limits | ||
| screen time during the operational hours of the program to less than | ||
| 30 minutes a day for a half-day program and two hours a day for a | ||
| full-day program, not including use in connection with homework or | ||
| an activity that engages program attendees in a physical activity | ||
| or educational experience; | ||
| (4) the before-school or after-school program: | ||
| (A) makes healthy foods, including fruits and | ||
| vegetables that are fresh, frozen, dried, or canned in their own | ||
| juice or water, without added sugar, available to program attendees | ||
| during meals or snacks; and | ||
| (B) encourages program attendees and staff while | ||
| in the presence of program attendees during the operational hours | ||
| of the program to not eat fried foods or foods that are primarily | ||
| sugar-based, are high in calories or sodium, or include trans fat; | ||
| (5) the before-school or after-school program | ||
| complies with the following guidelines relating to the serving and | ||
| consumption of beverages: | ||
| (A) program attendees are served water, low-fat | ||
| or nonfat milk, nonfat flavored milk, or 100 percent fruit juice; | ||
| (B) safe, clean drinking water is available and | ||
| accessible at all times to program attendees and staff; and | ||
| (C) beverages with added sugar are not served to | ||
| program attendees or consumed by staff in the presence of program | ||
| attendees during the operational hours of the program; and | ||
| (6) the before-school or after-school program engages | ||
| parents, guardians, and caregivers of program attendees using | ||
| informational materials and activities focused on healthy eating | ||
| and physical activity relevant to the health of program attendees | ||
| at least four times each year. | ||
| (d) The staff training described by Subsection (c)(1) must | ||
| comply with the requirements of the National Institute on | ||
| Out-of-School Time, the Healthy Out-of-School Time Coalition, or | ||
| other similar programs. The training may be completed in person or | ||
| online. | ||
| (e) The department shall establish the following levels of | ||
| recognition for before-school and after-school programs applying | ||
| for recognition under this section: | ||
| (1) bronze status for a before-school or after-school | ||
| program that: | ||
| (A) meets the staff training requirements | ||
| provided by Subsection (c)(1); and | ||
| (B) complies with at least one other requirement | ||
| listed in Subsection (c); | ||
| (2) silver status for a before-school or after-school | ||
| program that: | ||
| (A) meets the staff training requirements | ||
| provided by Subsection (c)(1); and | ||
| (B) complies with at least three other | ||
| requirements listed in Subsection (c); and | ||
| (3) gold status for a before-school or after-school | ||
| program that: | ||
| (A) meets the staff training requirements | ||
| provided by Subsection (c)(1); and | ||
| (B) complies with at least four other | ||
| requirements listed in Subsection (c). | ||
| (f) If a before-school or after-school program determines | ||
| that the program meets the requirements for a recognition level | ||
| provided by Subsection (e), the program: | ||
| (1) may create a corresponding recognition | ||
| certificate using a certificate template created by the department; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) shall notify the department of the level of | ||
| recognition for which the program qualifies. | ||
| (g) A recognition certificate created by a before-school or | ||
| after-school program does not expire, however the program shall | ||
| remove the certificate if the program no longer meets the | ||
| requirements for recognition. A before-school or after-school | ||
| program shall notify the department of any change in the program's | ||
| recognition level or if the program no longer qualifies for | ||
| recognition. | ||
| (h) The department shall post information about the | ||
| recognition program on the department's Internet website, | ||
| including: | ||
| (1) resources and links that a before-school or | ||
| after-school program may use to meet the requirements of Subsection | ||
| (c); and | ||
| (2) a template that a before-school or after-school | ||
| program may use to create a certificate, signed by the director of | ||
| the before-school or after-school program, that describes the | ||
| program's recognition level. | ||
| (i) The department shall maintain a list of each | ||
| before-school or after-school program that qualifies for | ||
| recognition under this section and shall post the list on the | ||
| department's Internet website. The list must include the program's | ||
| recognition level. The department shall update the list at least | ||
| quarterly to reflect any change in a program's recognition level. | ||
| (j) The requirements of this section are in addition to any | ||
| other requirement imposed by law that applies to a before-school or | ||
| after-school program. | ||
| (k) The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. | ||
