Bill Text: TX HB3157 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for screenings in public or private schools to detect vision disorders of students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3157 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3157-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3157 |
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relating to requirements for screenings in public or private | ||
schools to detect vision disorders of students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 36.004, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The rules must allow an individual who attends a | ||
public or private school to be screened using photoscreening to | ||
detect vision disorders. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement | ||
the changes in law made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3157 was passed by the House on April | ||
27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3157 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |