Bill Text: TX SB1145 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to reports on the prevalence of eating disorders and eating disorder-related deaths in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-17 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [SB1145 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1145-Comm_Sub.html
By: Johnson, et al. | S.B. No. 1145 | |
(Thompson of Harris, Coleman) | ||
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relating to reports on the prevalence of eating disorders and | ||
eating disorder-related deaths in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) The Department of State Health Services, in | ||
collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission, shall | ||
prepare a report on the prevalence of eating disorders and eating | ||
disorder-related deaths in this state. The report must include: | ||
(1) statewide and regional statistics regarding the | ||
prevalence of eating disorders and eating disorder-related deaths | ||
in this state; | ||
(2) an overview of national trends in eating | ||
disorders; and | ||
(3) an overview of state-funded behavioral health | ||
treatment options available to persons with eating disorders. | ||
(b) The Department of State Health Services shall gather | ||
information for the report required by Subsection (a) of this | ||
section from: | ||
(1) information collected by the department and the | ||
Health and Human Services Commission, including information from | ||
the vital statistics unit and the state Medicaid program; and | ||
(2) hospitals, treatment centers, available surveys, | ||
and other relevant sources. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2020, the Department of State | ||
Health Services and the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
prepare and submit to the legislature a copy of the report and any | ||
recommendations for legislative or other action to reduce the | ||
prevalence of eating disorders in this state. The department may | ||
post the report on the department's Internet website. | ||
(d) The Department of State Health Services may accept | ||
gifts, grants, and donations from any source to fund expenses | ||
incurred by the department in preparing the report under this | ||
section. | ||
(e) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The Department of State Health Services | ||
shall prepare a report on the prevalence of eating disorders among | ||
youth in this state. When administering the Youth Risk Behavior | ||
Survey created by the federal Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention to youth in this state, the department may include | ||
additional questions as necessary to assist the department in | ||
assessing the prevalence of eating disorders among youth in this | ||
state for purposes of the report. | ||
(b) Not later than December 1, 2022, the Department of State | ||
Health Services shall submit to the legislature a copy of the report | ||
and a summary of the survey findings relating to the prevalence of | ||
eating disorders among youth in this state. The department may post | ||
the report and summary on the department's Internet website. | ||
(c) The Department of State Health Services may accept | ||
gifts, grants, and donations from any source to fund expenses | ||
incurred by the department in preparing the report under this | ||
section. | ||
(d) This section expires September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 3. The Department of State Health Services is | ||
required to implement a provision of this Act only if the department | ||
receives gifts, grants, or donations specifically for that purpose | ||
or the legislature appropriates money specifically for that | ||
purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money | ||
specifically for that purpose and the department does not receive | ||
gifts, grants, or donations 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 4. 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, 2019. |