Bill Text: TX HB4121 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Diabetes Council and the state plan for diabetes and obesity treatment and education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Public Health [HB4121 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4121-Introduced.html
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By: Sheffield | H.B. No. 4121 |
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relating to the Texas Diabetes Council and the state plan for | ||
diabetes and obesity treatment and education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 103.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(2) "Person with diabetes" means a person diagnosed | ||
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standards. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 103.002(a), (b), and (c), Health and | ||
Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Texas Diabetes Council is composed of 11 citizen | ||
members appointed from the public and one representative each from | ||
the department, the commission, the Employees Retirement System of | ||
Texas, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and the Texas | ||
Workforce Commission vocational rehabilitation services division | ||
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(b) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, | ||
shall appoint the following citizen members: | ||
(1) a licensed physician with a specialization in | ||
treating diabetes; | ||
(2) a registered nurse with a specialization in | ||
diabetes education and training; | ||
(3) a registered and licensed dietitian with a | ||
specialization in the diabetes education field; | ||
(4) a person with experience and training in public | ||
health policy; | ||
(5) three consumer members, with special | ||
consideration given to persons active in the Texas affiliates of | ||
the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the American | ||
Association of Diabetes Educators, or the American Diabetes | ||
Association; and | ||
(6) four members from the general public with | ||
expertise or demonstrated commitment to diabetes issues. | ||
(c) The commissioner, executive commissioner, executive | ||
director of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, executive | ||
director of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and the | ||
director of the Texas Workforce Commission vocational | ||
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representative to the council. Agency representatives shall be | ||
nonvoting members of the council. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 103.011, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 103.011. ADVISORY COMMITTEES; WORK GROUPS. (a) The | ||
council may establish advisory committees or work groups that the | ||
council considers necessary and may determine the appropriate | ||
membership for each committee or group. | ||
(b) The council shall specify the purpose and duties of each | ||
advisory committee or work group and shall specify any product the | ||
committee is required to develop. | ||
(c) Members of an advisory committee or work group serve at | ||
the will of the council. The council may dissolve an advisory | ||
committee or work group when necessary. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 103.013(a) and (d), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department, with the assistance of the council, | ||
shall develop and implement a state plan for diabetes and obesity | ||
treatment, education, and training to ensure that: | ||
(1) this chapter is properly implemented by the | ||
agencies affected; | ||
(2) incentives are offered for private sources to | ||
maintain present commitments and to assist in developing new | ||
programs; and | ||
(3) a procedure for review of individual complaints | ||
about services provided under this chapter is implemented. | ||
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the state agency designated as the state health planning and | ||
development agency not later than November 1 of each odd-numbered | ||
year. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 103.0131, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 103.0131. ASSESSMENT OF PROGRAMS TO PREVENT AND TREAT | ||
DIABETES. (a) In conjunction with developing each state plan | ||
described in Section 103.013, the department, with the assistance | ||
of the council, shall conduct a statewide assessment of existing | ||
programs for the prevention of diabetes and treatment of | ||
individuals with diabetes that are administered by the commission | ||
or a health and human services agency, as defined by Section | ||
531.001, Government Code. As part of the assessment, the department | ||
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(1) the number of individuals served by the programs; | ||
(2) the areas where services to prevent diabetes and | ||
treat individuals with diabetes are unavailable; and | ||
(3) the number of health care providers treating | ||
individuals with diabetes under the programs. | ||
(b) Not later than November 1 of each odd-numbered year, the | ||
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governor, and the legislature a written report containing the | ||
findings of the assessment conducted under Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 6. Sections 103.014(a) and (c), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The council shall address contemporary issues affecting | ||
health promotion services in the state, including: | ||
(1) professional and patient education; | ||
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self-management education strategies; | ||
(3) evidence-based strategies to achieve the council's | ||
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(4) state expenditures for the prevention, detection, | ||
management, and treatment of diabetes and obesity [ |
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benefits of diabetes and obesity prevention, detection, | ||
management, and treatment. | ||
(c) The council may establish priorities and make | ||
recommendations for program expenditures that align with the | ||
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SECTION 7. Sections 103.017(a) and (c), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department, commission, and Texas Workforce | ||
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council to jointly develop, produce, and implement a general public | ||
awareness strategy focusing on diabetes, its complications, and | ||
techniques for achieving good management. Each agency shall pay for | ||
the costs of producing and disseminating information on diabetes to | ||
clients served by that agency. | ||
(c) The department, commission, and Texas Workforce | ||
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implement a statewide plan for conducting regional training | ||
sessions for public and private service providers, including | ||
institutional health care providers, who have routine contact with | ||
persons with diabetes. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 103.0175, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 103.0175. MATERIALS FOR SCHOOL-BASED AND | ||
SCHOOL-LINKED CLINICS. The council, in consultation with the | ||
department and the Texas Education Agency, shall develop and make | ||
available materials that provide information about diabetes to be | ||
distributed to students and the parents of students by health | ||
clinics at public primary or secondary schools. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |