Bill Text: TX SB1049 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to demonstration programs for childhood obesity and chronic disease prevention in certain border counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1049 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1049-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1049 |
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relating to demonstration programs for childhood obesity and | ||
chronic disease prevention in certain border counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 90 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 90. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS ADDRESSING CHILDHOOD OBESITY | ||
AND CHRONIC DISEASE IN CERTAIN BORDER COUNTIES | ||
Sec. 90.0001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "border county" | ||
means a county adjacent to this state's international border with | ||
Mexico. | ||
Sec. 90.0002. ESTABLISHMENT. The department shall | ||
establish the childhood obesity prevention demonstration program | ||
and the chronic disease prevention demonstration program under this | ||
chapter in border counties with a population of less than 800,000 | ||
and more than 400,000. | ||
Sec. 90.0003. CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION DEMONSTRATION | ||
PROGRAM. (a) To the extent funds are available, the department | ||
shall develop and implement a school-based demonstration program to | ||
address childhood obesity and related chronic diseases in each | ||
county to which this chapter applies. | ||
(b) The demonstration program must be evidence-based and | ||
culturally appropriate. | ||
(c) In developing the childhood obesity prevention | ||
demonstration program, the department shall prioritize appropriate | ||
collaborations with: | ||
(1) medical professionals specializing in obesity | ||
prevention; | ||
(2) experts in public health; | ||
(3) representatives of health science centers; | ||
(4) experts in public and higher education; | ||
(5) representatives of local school health advisory | ||
councils; | ||
(6) interested parties from counties participating in | ||
the program; | ||
(7) a representative from the Texas Education Agency; | ||
(8) a representative from the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board; and | ||
(9) representatives from other appropriate state | ||
agencies. | ||
Sec. 90.0004. CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION DEMONSTRATION | ||
PROGRAM. (a) To the extent funds are available, the department | ||
shall establish a chronic disease prevention demonstration program | ||
for adults residing in each county to which this chapter applies. | ||
(b) In establishing the chronic disease prevention | ||
demonstration program, the department shall prioritize appropriate | ||
collaboration with: | ||
(1) medical professionals specializing in chronic | ||
disease treatment; | ||
(2) representatives from hospitals licensed under | ||
Chapter 241; | ||
(3) representatives from academic centers located in | ||
border counties; and | ||
(4) a representative from a medical school in the | ||
immediate border region. | ||
Sec. 90.0005. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND OTHER | ||
ENTITIES. The department, based on the results of the | ||
demonstration programs established under this chapter, shall share | ||
the strategies, best practices, and recommendations the department | ||
determines are successful in addressing childhood obesity and | ||
chronic disease prevention with public schools and other | ||
appropriate entities in each county to which this chapter applies. | ||
Sec. 90.0006. EVALUATION. The department shall evaluate | ||
the effectiveness of the demonstration programs established under | ||
this chapter not later than September 1, 2031. | ||
Sec. 90.0007. REPORT. Not later than November 1, 2031, the | ||
department shall submit a written or electronic report on the | ||
demonstration programs established under this chapter to the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and each member of the legislature. The report must include: | ||
(1) a summary of the programs; | ||
(2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the | ||
programs; and | ||
(3) recommendations on whether the programs should be | ||
continued, expanded to other border counties, or terminated. | ||
Sec. 90.0008. RULES. The executive commissioner shall | ||
adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter. | ||
Sec. 90.0009. EXPIRATION. Sections 90.0006 and 90.0007 and | ||
this section expire September 1, 2033. | ||
SECTION 2. The Department of State Health Services is | ||
required to implement a provision of this Act only if the | ||
legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If | ||
the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a | ||
provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |