83S20084 JSC-D
By: Burnam H.B. No. 47
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a marketing and outreach campaign and services to
reduce unintended pregnancies and lower rates of sexually
transmitted diseases.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.095 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.095. UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES AND SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASES: OUTREACH CAMPAIGN AND SERVICES PROVIDED. (a)
To the extent money is available for the purposes provided by this
section, the commission shall provide adequate and sufficient
funding to conduct a comprehensive marketing and outreach campaign
to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and lower the rates
of sexually transmitted diseases. The campaign must include print
and broadcast media, Internet websites, and a toll-free telephone
number.
(b) The commission, the Legislative Budget Board, or the
governor, in providing adequate and sufficient funding for the
campaign as required by Subsection (a), may not take any action to
decrease the level of programs and services designed to reduce the
number of unintended pregnancies and lower the rates of sexually
transmitted diseases to below the level of programs and services
provided on September 1, 2013.
SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.