| 1 | 1 | | 81R10316 EAH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Coleman H.B. No. 2715 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to grants for school-based health centers. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 38.063(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), and (g), |
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| 10 | 10 | | Education Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) Subject to the availability of federal or state |
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| 12 | 12 | | appropriated funds, the commissioner of state [public] health |
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| 13 | 13 | | services shall administer a program under which grants are awarded |
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| 14 | 14 | | to assist school districts and nonprofit organizations or |
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| 15 | 15 | | governmental entities that collaborate with school districts with |
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| 16 | 16 | | the costs of [operating] school-based health centers in accordance |
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| 17 | 17 | | with this section. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The commissioner of state [public] health services, by |
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| 19 | 19 | | rules adopted in accordance with this section, shall establish |
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| 20 | 20 | | procedures for awarding grants. The rules must provide that: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) grants are awarded annually [to school districts |
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| 22 | 22 | | on an annual basis] through a competitive process to: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (A) school districts; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) nonprofit organizations or governmental |
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| 25 | 25 | | entities that collaborate with school districts to establish and |
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| 26 | 26 | | operate school-based health centers; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) a preference is given to school-based health |
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| 28 | 28 | | centers in school districts that are located in rural areas or that |
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| 29 | 29 | | have low property wealth per student. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d) A school district, nonprofit organization, or |
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| 31 | 31 | | governmental entity may not receive more than $250,000 per state |
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| 32 | 32 | | fiscal biennium through grants awarded under this section. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (e) To be eligible to receive a grant, a school district, |
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| 34 | 34 | | nonprofit organization, or governmental entity must provide |
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| 35 | 35 | | matching funds in accordance with rules adopted under Subsection |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b). The matching funds may be obtained from any source available to |
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| 37 | 37 | | the district, nonprofit organization, or governmental entity, |
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| 38 | 38 | | including in-kind contributions, community or foundation grants, |
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| 39 | 39 | | individual contributions, and local governmental agency operating |
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| 40 | 40 | | funds. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (f) The commissioner of state [public] health services |
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| 42 | 42 | | shall adopt rules establishing standards for health care centers |
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| 43 | 43 | | funded through grants that place primary emphasis on delivery of |
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| 44 | 44 | | health services and secondary emphasis on population-based models |
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| 45 | 45 | | that prevent emerging health threats. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (g) The commissioner of state [public] health services |
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| 47 | 47 | | shall require client surveys to be conducted in school-based health |
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| 48 | 48 | | centers funded through grants awarded under this section, and the |
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| 49 | 49 | | results of those surveys must be included in the annual report |
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| 50 | 50 | | required under Section 38.064. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 2. Section 38.064, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 52 | 52 | | read as follows: |
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| 53 | 53 | | Sec. 38.064. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. (a) Based on |
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| 54 | 54 | | statistics obtained from each [every] school-based health center |
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| 55 | 55 | | that receives a grant under Section 38.063 [in this state], the |
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| 56 | 56 | | commissioner of state [public] health services shall issue an |
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| 57 | 57 | | annual report to the legislature about the relative efficacy of |
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| 58 | 58 | | services delivered by school-based health centers that receive |
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| 59 | 59 | | state grants and any increased academic success of students at |
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| 60 | 60 | | campuses served by those centers, with special emphasis on any: |
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| 61 | 61 | | (1) increased attendance; |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) [decreased drop-out rates; |
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| 63 | 63 | | [(3)] improved student health; and |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) [(4)] improved performance on student assessment |
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| 65 | 65 | | instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39. |
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| 66 | 66 | | (b) In obtaining statistics for preparation of the report |
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| 67 | 67 | | required by this section, the commissioner of state [public] health |
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| 68 | 68 | | services shall ensure that data is collected [for each county] and |
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| 69 | 69 | | aggregated appropriately according to geographical region. |
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| 70 | 70 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 71 | 71 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 72 | 72 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 73 | 73 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 74 | 74 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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