| 1 | 1 | | 89R5995 RDR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cook S.B. No. 2094 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the establishment of a higher education plan for human |
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| 10 | 10 | | papillomavirus education and prevention. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 51.9196 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 51.9196. HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS HIGHER EDUCATION PLAN |
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| 15 | 15 | | AND EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM. (a) In this section: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher |
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| 17 | 17 | | Education Coordinating Board. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) "Department" means the Department of State Health |
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| 19 | 19 | | Services. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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| 21 | 21 | | assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The department, using existing resources and programs |
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| 23 | 23 | | to the extent possible, shall develop a state plan for preventing |
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| 24 | 24 | | and treating human papillomavirus and the health problems caused by |
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| 25 | 25 | | the infection among students enrolled at institutions of higher |
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| 26 | 26 | | education. The plan must include strategies for preventing and |
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| 27 | 27 | | treating human papillomavirus and related health problems in |
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| 28 | 28 | | specific demographic groups that are disproportionately affected |
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| 29 | 29 | | by the infection. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) In developing the plan, the department shall seek the |
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| 31 | 31 | | advice of: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) the public, including advocates who have been |
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| 33 | 33 | | infected with human papillomavirus; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) each state agency that provides services to |
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| 35 | 35 | | persons infected with human papillomavirus or that is assigned |
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| 36 | 36 | | duties related to health problems caused by human papillomavirus, |
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| 37 | 37 | | including the Health and Human Services Commission and the |
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| 38 | 38 | | coordinating board; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) any advisory body that addresses issues related to |
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| 40 | 40 | | health problems caused by human papillomavirus; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (4) public advocates concerned with issues related to |
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| 42 | 42 | | health problems caused by human papillomavirus; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5) providers of services to persons with health |
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| 44 | 44 | | problems caused by human papillomavirus; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (6) a statewide professional association of |
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| 46 | 46 | | physicians. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (d) The department shall review and modify as necessary the |
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| 48 | 48 | | plan developed under Subsection (b) at least once every five years |
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| 49 | 49 | | and may update the plan biennially. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (e) The coordinating board and the department shall jointly |
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| 51 | 51 | | develop a program to heighten awareness and enhance knowledge and |
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| 52 | 52 | | understanding of human papillomavirus among students enrolled at |
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| 53 | 53 | | institutions of higher education. |
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| 54 | 54 | | (f) The program developed under Subsection (e) must require |
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| 55 | 55 | | the coordinating board and the department to: |
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| 56 | 56 | | (1) conduct health education, public awareness, and |
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| 57 | 57 | | community outreach activities to promote public awareness and |
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| 58 | 58 | | knowledge about the risk factors for, the value of early detection |
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| 59 | 59 | | of, available screening services for, and the options available for |
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| 60 | 60 | | the treatment of health problems caused by human papillomavirus; |
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| 61 | 61 | | and |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) post on the coordinating board's and department's |
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| 63 | 63 | | respective Internet websites the options available for the |
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| 64 | 64 | | prevention, treatment, and detection of human papillomavirus |
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| 65 | 65 | | infection and the health problems caused by the infection and |
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| 66 | 66 | | information on the risk factors for, method of transmission of, and |
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| 67 | 67 | | value of early detection of the infection. |
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| 68 | 68 | | (g) The coordinating board and the department, using |
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| 69 | 69 | | existing resources, may include in the program developed under |
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| 70 | 70 | | Subsection (e) a study to estimate the current and future impact on |
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| 71 | 71 | | this state of health problems caused by human papillomavirus. |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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