81R13790 PAM-F
By: Patrick H.B. No. 2611
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing an interim committee to study the
provision of dental services to certain public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Interim Select Committee on Dental
Services for Public School Students is established to study the
advisability and feasibility of requiring dental examinations for
public school students who are entering the first grade. The
committee's study must include an analysis of:
(1) the advantages and disadvantages of requiring a
dental examination performed by a dentist for each student not
earlier than the 180th day before or later than the 30th day after
the date the student enters the first grade; and
(2) the costs associated with requiring a dental
examination as described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(b) The committee is composed of 10 members appointed as
follows:
(1) three members appointed by the lieutenant
governor, two of whom must be senators and the other one of whom
must be a nonelected individual who holds a license under Subtitle
D, Title 3, Occupations Code;
(2) three members appointed by the speaker of the
house of representatives, two of whom must be members of the house
and the other one of whom must be a nonelected individual who holds
a license under Subtitle D, Title 3, Occupations Code;
(3) three members appointed by the governor, one of
whom must be a nonelected individual who holds a license under
Subtitle D, Title 3, Occupations Code, and the other two of whom may
not be employed by a governmental entity; and
(4) one member, appointed by the executive director of
the State Board of Dental Examiners, who may not be employed by a
governmental entity.
(c) Not later than December 1, 2009, the committee shall
hold an organizational meeting. At that meeting, the committee
shall elect a presiding officer from among its members. Committee
meetings shall be held at the call of the presiding officer.
(d) The committee has all other powers and duties provided
to a special or select committee by the rules of the senate and
house of representatives, by Subchapter B, Chapter 301, Government
Code, and by policies of the senate and house committees on
administration.
(e) From the contingent expense fund of the senate and the
contingent expense fund of the house of representatives equally,
the members of the committee are entitled to reimbursement for
expenses incurred in carrying out this Act in accordance with the
rules of the senate and house of representatives and the policies of
the senate and house committees on administration.
(f) Not later than February 1, 2011, the committee shall
report the committee's findings and recommendations resulting from
the study to the governor, lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
house of representatives, and the members of the legislature.
SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2009, the lieutenant
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
governor shall appoint members to the Interim Select Committee on
Dental Services for Public School Students established under
Section 1 of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.