85R13269 CAE-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 4149
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information provided to public school students
regarding the use of anabolic steroids.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.0081, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 38.0081. INFORMATION ABOUT STEROIDS. (a) The
[agency, in conjunction with the] Department of State Health
Services Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division, in conjunction
with the University Interscholastic League, shall:
(1) develop information about the use of anabolic
steroids and the health risks involved with such use; and
(2) distribute the information to school districts.
(b) Each school district shall, at appropriate grade levels
as determined by the Department of State Health Services Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Division [State Board of Education],
provide the information developed under Subsection (a) to district
students, particularly to those students involved in
extracurricular athletic activities.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2017.