Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 2151
	1	+	By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2151
	2	+	(Sheffield, Lucio III)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the Texas Diabetes Council and the state plan for
6	8		diabetes and obesity treatment and education.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Section 103.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is
9	11		amended to read as follows:
10	12		(2) "Person with diabetes" means a person diagnosed by
11	13		a physician in accordance with nationally recognized standards as
12	14		having diabetes.
13	15		SECTION 2. Sections 103.002(a), (b), and (c), Health and
14	16		Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
15	17		(a) The Texas Diabetes Council is composed of 11 citizen
16	18		members appointed from the public and one representative each from
17	19		the department, the commission, the Employees Retirement System of
18	20		Texas, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and the Texas
19	21		Workforce Commission vocational rehabilitation services division
20	22		[Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services].
21	23		(b) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate,
22	24		shall appoint the following citizen members:
23	25		(1) a licensed physician with a specialization in
24	26		treating diabetes;
25	27		(2) a registered nurse with a specialization in
26	28		diabetes education and training;
27	29		(3) a registered and licensed dietitian with a
28	30		specialization in the diabetes education field;
29	31		(4) a person with experience and training in public
30	32		health policy;
31	33		(5) three consumer members, with special
32	34		consideration given to persons active in the Texas affiliates of
33	35		the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the American
34	36		Association of Diabetes Educators, or the American Diabetes
35	37		Association; and
36	38		(6) four members from the general public with
37	39		expertise or demonstrated commitment to diabetes issues.
38	40		(c) The commissioner, executive commissioner, executive
39	41		director of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, executive
40	42		director of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and the
41	43		director of the Texas Workforce Commission vocational
42	44		rehabilitation services division [commissioner of assistive and
43	45		rehabilitative services] shall appoint that agency's
44	46		representative to the council. Agency representatives shall be
45	47		nonvoting members of the council.
46	48		SECTION 3. Section 103.010, Health and Safety Code, is
47	49		amended to read as follows:
48	50		Sec. 103.010. STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. (a) Each
49	51		agency represented on the council shall provide the council with
50	52		periodic staff support of specialists as needed and may provide
51	53		staff support to an advisory committee.
52	54		(b) The department shall provide administrative support to
53	55		the council by providing research services and preparing any
54	56		reports required under this chapter.
55	57		SECTION 4. Section 103.011, Health and Safety Code, is
56	58		amended to read as follows:
57	59		Sec. 103.011. ADVISORY COMMITTEES; WORK GROUPS. (a) The
58	60		council may establish advisory committees or work groups that the
59	61		council considers necessary and may determine the appropriate
60	62		membership for each committee or group.
61	63		(b) The council shall specify the purpose and duties of each
62	64		advisory committee or work group and shall specify any product the
63	65		committee is required to develop.
64	66		(c) Members of an advisory committee or work group serve at
65	67		the will of the council. The council may dissolve an advisory
66	68		committee or work group when necessary.
67	69		SECTION 5. Section 103.013, Health and Safety Code, is
68	70		amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
69	71		(b-1) The state plan may include provisions to address
70	72		obesity treatment, education, and training related to:
71	73		(1) obesity-dependent diabetes; and
72	74		(2) the health impacts of obesity on a person with
73	75		diabetes.
74	76		SECTION 6. Sections 103.014(a) and (c), Health and Safety
75	77		Code, are amended to read as follows:
76	78		(a) The council shall address contemporary issues affecting
77	79		health promotion services in the state, including:
78	80		(1) professional and patient education;
79	81		(2) evidence-based [successful] diabetes
80	82		self-management education strategies;
81	83		(3) evidence-based strategies to achieve the council's
82	84		mission [personnel preparation and continuing education];
83	85		(4) state expenditures for the prevention, detection,
84	86		management, and treatment of diabetes and obesity [chronic
85	87		diseases]; and
86	88		(5) [screening services; and
87	89		[(6)] public awareness of the specific risks and
88	90		benefits of prevention, detection, management, and treatment of
89	91		diabetes, including obesity-dependent diabetes.
90	92		(c) The council may establish priorities and make
91	93		recommendations for program expenditures that align with the
92	94		council's mission[:
93	95		[(1) compile and publish regional directories of
94	96		services for persons with diabetes;
95	97		[(2) design or adapt and publish a handbook in English
96	98		and Spanish relating to diet, exercise, and other self-care
97	99		management skills for persons with diabetes;
98	100		[(3) study the feasibility of a statewide hotline for
99	101		persons with diabetes; and
100	102		[(4) study the standards and structure of pilot
101	103		programs to provide diabetes education and training in this state].
102	104		SECTION 7. Sections 103.017(a) and (c), Health and Safety
103	105		Code, are amended to read as follows:
104	106		(a) The department, commission, and Texas Workforce
105	107		Commission vocational rehabilitation services division [Department
106	108		of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services] shall work with the
107	109		council to jointly develop, produce, and implement a general public
108	110		awareness strategy focusing on diabetes, its complications, and
109	111		techniques for achieving good management. Each agency shall pay
110	112		for the costs of producing and disseminating information on
111	113		diabetes to clients served by that agency.
112	114		(c) The department, commission, and Texas Workforce
113	115		Commission vocational rehabilitation services division [Department
114	116		of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services] may jointly develop and
115	117		implement a statewide plan for conducting regional training
116	118		sessions for public and private service providers, including
117	119		institutional health care providers, who have routine contact with
118	120		persons with diabetes.
119	121		SECTION 8. Section 103.0175, Health and Safety Code, is
120	122		amended to read as follows:
121	123		Sec. 103.0175. MATERIALS FOR SCHOOL-BASED AND
122	124		SCHOOL-LINKED CLINICS. The council, in consultation with the
123	125		department and the Texas Education Agency, shall develop and make
124	126		available materials that provide information about diabetes to be
125	127		distributed to students and the parents of students by health
126	128		clinics at public primary or secondary schools.
127	129		SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
128		-	______________________________ ______________________________
129		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
130		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2151 passed the Senate on
131		-	April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
132		-	______________________________
133		-	Secretary of the Senate
134		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2151 passed the House on
135		-	May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 6, two
136		-	present not voting.
137		-	______________________________
138		-	Chief Clerk of the House
139		-	Approved:
140		-	______________________________
141		-	Date
142		-	______________________________
143		-	Governor