S.B. No. 2151
AN ACT
relating to the Texas Diabetes Council and the state plan for
diabetes and obesity treatment and education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 103.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Person with diabetes" means a person diagnosed by
a physician in accordance with nationally recognized standards as
having diabetes.
SECTION 2. Sections 103.002(a), (b), and (c), Health and
Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The Texas Diabetes Council is composed of 11 citizen
members appointed from the public and one representative each from
the department, the commission, the Employees Retirement System of
Texas, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and the Texas
Workforce Commission vocational rehabilitation services division
[Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services].
(b) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate,
shall appoint the following citizen members:
(1) a licensed physician with a specialization in
treating diabetes;
(2) a registered nurse with a specialization in
diabetes education and training;
(3) a registered and licensed dietitian with a
specialization in the diabetes education field;
(4) a person with experience and training in public
health policy;
(5) three consumer members, with special
consideration given to persons active in the Texas affiliates of
the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the American
Association of Diabetes Educators, or the American Diabetes
Association; and
(6) four members from the general public with
expertise or demonstrated commitment to diabetes issues.
(c) The commissioner, executive commissioner, executive
director of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, executive
director of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and the
director of the Texas Workforce Commission vocational
rehabilitation services division [commissioner of assistive and
rehabilitative services] shall appoint that agency's
representative to the council. Agency representatives shall be
nonvoting members of the council.
SECTION 3. Section 103.010, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 103.010. STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. (a) Each
agency represented on the council shall provide the council with
periodic staff support of specialists as needed and may provide
staff support to an advisory committee.
(b) The department shall provide administrative support to
the council by providing research services and preparing any
reports required under this chapter.
SECTION 4. Section 103.011, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 103.011. ADVISORY COMMITTEES; WORK GROUPS. (a) The
council may establish advisory committees or work groups that the
council considers necessary and may determine the appropriate
membership for each committee or group.
(b) The council shall specify the purpose and duties of each
advisory committee or work group and shall specify any product the
committee is required to develop.
(c) Members of an advisory committee or work group serve at
the will of the council. The council may dissolve an advisory
committee or work group when necessary.
SECTION 5. Section 103.013, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The state plan may include provisions to address
obesity treatment, education, and training related to:
(1) obesity-dependent diabetes; and
(2) the health impacts of obesity on a person with
diabetes.
SECTION 6. Sections 103.014(a) and (c), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The council shall address contemporary issues affecting
health promotion services in the state, including:
(1) professional and patient education;
(2) evidence-based [successful] diabetes
self-management education strategies;
(3) evidence-based strategies to achieve the council's
mission [personnel preparation and continuing education];
(4) state expenditures for the prevention, detection,
management, and treatment of diabetes and obesity [chronic
diseases]; and
(5) [screening services; and
[(6)] public awareness of the specific risks and
benefits of prevention, detection, management, and treatment of
diabetes, including obesity-dependent diabetes.
(c) The council may establish priorities and make
recommendations for program expenditures that align with the
council's mission[:
[(1) compile and publish regional directories of
services for persons with diabetes;
[(2) design or adapt and publish a handbook in English
and Spanish relating to diet, exercise, and other self-care
management skills for persons with diabetes;
[(3) study the feasibility of a statewide hotline for
persons with diabetes; and
[(4) study the standards and structure of pilot
programs to provide diabetes education and training in this state].
SECTION 7. Sections 103.017(a) and (c), Health and Safety
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The department, commission, and Texas Workforce
Commission vocational rehabilitation services division [Department
of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services] shall work with the
council to jointly develop, produce, and implement a general public
awareness strategy focusing on diabetes, its complications, and
techniques for achieving good management. Each agency shall pay
for the costs of producing and disseminating information on
diabetes to clients served by that agency.
(c) The department, commission, and Texas Workforce
Commission vocational rehabilitation services division [Department
of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services] may jointly develop and
implement a statewide plan for conducting regional training
sessions for public and private service providers, including
institutional health care providers, who have routine contact with
persons with diabetes.
SECTION 8. Section 103.0175, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 103.0175. MATERIALS FOR SCHOOL-BASED AND
SCHOOL-LINKED CLINICS. The council, in consultation with the
department and the Texas Education Agency, shall develop and make
available materials that provide information about diabetes to be
distributed to students and the parents of students by health
clinics at public primary or secondary schools.
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2151 passed the Senate on
April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2151 passed the House on
May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 6, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor