Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1		By: Lucio, et al. S.B. No. 1119
2		-	(Guerra)
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to the establishment of a border public health initiative
8	7		by the Department of State Health Services.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
11	10		amended by adding Chapter 65 to read as follows:
12	11		CHAPTER 65. BORDER PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE
13	12		Sec. 65.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
14	13		(1) "Border county" means a county adjacent to this
15	14		state's international border with Mexico.
16	15		(2) "Promotora" or "community health worker" has the
17	16		meaning assigned by Section 48.001.
18	17		Sec. 65.0002. BORDER PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE. (a) The
19	18		department shall develop an initiative to reduce the adverse health
20	19		impacts of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity for adults and
21	20		children in border counties. The initiative must promote:
22	21		(1) educational resources designed to prevent those
23	22		conditions;
24	23		(2) screenings of persons at risk for those
25	24		conditions; and
26	25		(3) referrals to and treatment by health care
27	26		providers for those conditions.
28	27		(b) In developing the border public health initiative, the
29	28		department may consult and collaborate with:
30	29		(1) other health and human services agencies;
31	30		(2) other appropriate state or federal agencies;
32	31		(3) health science centers and medical schools; and
33	32		(4) public and private health care providers and
34	33		hospitals.
35	34		Sec. 65.0003. OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS. To implement the border
36	35		public health initiative described by Section 65.0002, the
37	36		department shall conduct bilingual, culturally appropriate
38	37		outreach campaigns in consultation and collaboration with
39	38		appropriate individuals and entities that may include:
40	39		(1) promotoras and community health workers;
41	40		(2) academic centers located in border counties;
42	41		(3) nonprofit organizations;
43	42		(4) public schools;
44	43		(5) public and private health care providers and
45	44		hospitals;
46	45		(6) worksite wellness programs;
47	46		(7) local business and health care providers that
48	47		provide early detection of prediabetes, prehypertension, and
49	48		obesity; and
50	49		(8) other local entities, as the department determines
51	50		appropriate.
52	51		Sec. 65.0004. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2023, the
53	52		department shall prepare and electronically submit to the
54	53		lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
55	54		and the legislature a report describing:
56	55		(1) health outcomes and health care savings resulting
57	56		from prevention, screenings, and treatment of chronic diseases
58	57		under the border public health initiative; and
59	58		(2) other relevant findings, as determined by the
60	59		department, resulting from the border public health initiative.
61	60		Sec. 65.0005. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires December
62	61		31, 2031.
63	62		SECTION 2. The Department of State Health Services is
64	63		required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
65	64		legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
66	65		the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
67	66		purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a
68	67		provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
69	68		purpose.
70	69		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.