| 1 | 1 | | 85R3071 PAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard H.B. No. 941 |
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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 a pilot program for the distribution of certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | contraceptives in participating public school districts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 38.025 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 38.025. LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVE |
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| 13 | 13 | | DISTRIBUTION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "pilot program" |
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| 14 | 14 | | means the long-acting reversible contraceptive distribution pilot |
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| 15 | 15 | | program. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) Using funds specifically appropriated for the purpose |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the pilot program or other funds available to the agency for that |
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| 18 | 18 | | purpose, available federal funds, or other funds received as |
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| 19 | 19 | | authorized by Subsection (g), the agency, in coordination with the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of State |
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| 21 | 21 | | Health Services, shall establish a pilot program under which a |
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| 22 | 22 | | school district participating in the pilot program may distribute |
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| 23 | 23 | | or provide for the distribution of long-acting reversible |
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| 24 | 24 | | contraceptives to students enrolled in the district. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) The agency shall designate six school districts to |
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| 26 | 26 | | participate in the pilot program. The agency shall include in the |
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| 27 | 27 | | six districts designated: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) a district located in an urban area; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) a district located in a rural area; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) a district to which Chapter 41 applies; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) a district that is not required to take action |
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| 32 | 32 | | under Chapter 41; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (5) a district with a rate of teen pregnancy above the |
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| 34 | 34 | | national average at the time of the designation; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (6) a district with a rate of teen pregnancy below the |
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| 36 | 36 | | national average at the time of the designation. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (d) A district designated under Subsection (c) may qualify |
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| 38 | 38 | | under multiple criteria described by Subsection (c). |
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| 39 | 39 | | (e) The agency by rule shall designate the specific types of |
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| 40 | 40 | | long-acting reversible contraceptives that may be distributed to |
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| 41 | 41 | | students under the pilot program. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (f) A school district participating in the pilot program may |
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| 43 | 43 | | not distribute or provide for the distribution of a long-acting |
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| 44 | 44 | | reversible contraceptive to a student who is under 18 years of age |
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| 45 | 45 | | unless the school district obtains consent from the parent of or |
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| 46 | 46 | | person standing in parental relation to the student. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (g) The agency may accept grants and donations to fund the |
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| 48 | 48 | | pilot program. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (h) Not later than December 31 of each year that funding is |
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| 50 | 50 | | provided for the pilot program, the agency shall provide a report to |
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| 51 | 51 | | the legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot program. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (i) The agency, the Health and Human Services Commission, |
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| 53 | 53 | | and the Department of State Health Services shall adopt rules as |
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| 54 | 54 | | necessary to implement and administer this section. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (j) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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