Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2692 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the Texas Diabetes Council, in consultation with the Texas Department of Health, to develop a pilot program to promote and facilitate the operation of diabetes groups. The council is required to operate the program in not more than two counties that are located on the border with the United Mexican States and that have a high proportion of low-income households and is prohibited from providing direct financial support to a diabetes group. The council is required to submit a report, not later than December 1, 2004, summarizing the results of the program to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives. The pilot program expires September 2, 2005.