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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to reports on the prevalence of eating disorders and |
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| 8 | 7 | | eating disorder-related deaths in this state. |
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| 9 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 9 | | SECTION 1. (a) The Department of State Health Services, in |
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| 11 | 10 | | collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission, shall |
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| 12 | 11 | | prepare a report on the prevalence of eating disorders and eating |
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| 13 | 12 | | disorder-related deaths in this state. The report must include: |
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| 14 | 13 | | (1) statewide and regional statistics regarding the |
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| 15 | 14 | | prevalence of eating disorders and eating disorder-related deaths |
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| 16 | 15 | | in this state; |
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| 17 | 16 | | (2) an overview of national trends in eating |
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| 18 | 17 | | disorders; and |
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| 19 | 18 | | (3) an overview of state-funded behavioral health |
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| 20 | 19 | | treatment options available to persons with eating disorders. |
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| 21 | 20 | | (b) The Department of State Health Services shall gather |
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| 22 | 21 | | information for the report required by Subsection (a) of this |
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| 23 | 22 | | section from: |
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| 24 | 23 | | (1) information collected by the department and the |
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| 25 | 24 | | Health and Human Services Commission, including information from |
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| 26 | 25 | | the vital statistics unit and the state Medicaid program; and |
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| 27 | 26 | | (2) hospitals, treatment centers, available surveys, |
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| 28 | 27 | | and other relevant sources. |
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| 29 | 28 | | (c) Not later than December 1, 2020, the Department of State |
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| 30 | 29 | | Health Services and the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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| 31 | 30 | | prepare and submit to the legislature a copy of the report and any |
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| 32 | 31 | | recommendations for legislative or other action to reduce the |
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| 33 | 32 | | prevalence of eating disorders in this state. The department may |
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| 34 | 33 | | post the report on the department's Internet website. |
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| 35 | 34 | | (d) The Department of State Health Services may accept |
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| 36 | 35 | | gifts, grants, and donations from any source to fund expenses |
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| 37 | 36 | | incurred by the department in preparing the report under this |
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| 38 | 37 | | section. |
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| 39 | 38 | | (e) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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| 40 | 39 | | SECTION 2. (a) The Department of State Health Services |
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| 41 | 40 | | shall prepare a report on the prevalence of eating disorders among |
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| 42 | 41 | | youth in this state. When administering the Youth Risk Behavior |
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| 43 | 42 | | Survey created by the federal Centers for Disease Control and |
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| 44 | 43 | | Prevention to youth in this state, the department may include |
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| 45 | 44 | | additional questions as necessary to assist the department in |
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| 46 | 45 | | assessing the prevalence of eating disorders among youth in this |
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| 47 | 46 | | state for purposes of the report. |
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| 48 | 47 | | (b) Not later than December 1, 2022, the Department of State |
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| 49 | 48 | | Health Services shall submit to the legislature a copy of the report |
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| 50 | 49 | | and a summary of the survey findings relating to the prevalence of |
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| 51 | 50 | | eating disorders among youth in this state. The department may post |
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| 52 | 51 | | the report and summary on the department's Internet website. |
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| 53 | 52 | | (c) The Department of State Health Services may accept |
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| 54 | 53 | | gifts, grants, and donations from any source to fund expenses |
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| 55 | 54 | | incurred by the department in preparing the report under this |
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| 56 | 55 | | section. |
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| 57 | 56 | | (d) This section expires September 1, 2023. |
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| 58 | 57 | | SECTION 3. The Department of State Health Services is |
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| 59 | 58 | | required to implement a provision of this Act only if the department |
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| 60 | 59 | | receives gifts, grants, or donations specifically for that purpose |
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| 61 | 60 | | or the legislature appropriates money specifically for that |
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| 62 | 61 | | purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money |
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| 63 | 62 | | specifically for that purpose and the department does not receive |
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| 64 | 63 | | gifts, grants, or donations specifically for that purpose, the |
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| 65 | 64 | | department may, but is not required to, implement a provision of |
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| 66 | 65 | | this Act using other appropriations available for that purpose. |
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| 67 | 66 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 68 | 67 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 69 | 68 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 70 | 69 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 71 | 70 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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