85R1738 JG-D
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 1076
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the mandatory spinal screening of public and private
school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The executive commissioner, in cooperation with the
Texas Education Agency, shall adopt rules for the mandatory spinal
screening of children [in grades 6 and 9] attending public or
private schools. In adopting rules under this subsection, the
executive commissioner shall consider the most recent nationally
accepted and peer-reviewed scientific research in determining the
appropriate ages for conducting the spinal screening. The
department shall coordinate the spinal screening program with any
other screening program conducted by the department on those
children.
SECTION 2. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health and
Human Services Commission shall adopt rules under Section
37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not later
than January 1, 2018.
(b) This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019 school
year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.