By: Hernandez H.B. No. 2583 73R1803 KLL-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to health care services and education for adolescents, 1-3 including the establishment of a state grant program. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Chapter 164 to read as follows: 1-7 CHAPTER 164. GRANT PROGRAM FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES 1-8 Sec. 164.001. GRANT PROGRAM TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR 1-9 FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES. The department shall establish and 1-10 administer a state grant program that provides grants to nonprofit 1-11 community organizations to enhance access to family planning 1-12 services by adolescents. 1-13 Sec. 164.002. PURPOSES OF GRANTS. The state grant program 1-14 may provide funding to nonprofit community organizations for the 1-15 purposes of: 1-16 (1) developing and implementing comprehensive 1-17 sexuality and self-responsibility programs for adolescents that 1-18 include materials related to the postponement of sexual activity, 1-19 the importance of family and personal values, the development of 1-20 decision-making skills, the promotion of self-esteem, and the 1-21 development of positive interpersonal relationships; 1-22 (2) developing and disseminating public service 1-23 announcements concerning family planning issues that are targeted 1-24 to adolescents; 2-1 (3) expanding the operating hours of a family planning 2-2 clinic; 2-3 (4) developing programs to provide information to 2-4 adolescents concerning sexually transmitted diseases and protection 2-5 from sexually transmitted diseases, including abstinence from 2-6 sexual activity; 2-7 (5) providing outreach programs for adolescents, 2-8 including telephone hot lines and telephone information lines; and 2-9 (6) providing pregnancy prevention programs, including 2-10 information on birth control and abstinence from sexual activity. 2-11 Sec. 164.003. APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND ELIGIBILITY 2-12 GUIDELINES. The department shall establish application procedures 2-13 and eligibility guidelines for the state grants provided under this 2-14 chapter. 2-15 Sec. 164.004. APPLICANT INFORMATION. An applicant for a 2-16 state grant under this chapter shall submit to the department for 2-17 approval: 2-18 (1) a description of the objectives established by the 2-19 applicant for the conduct of the program; 2-20 (2) a description of the methods the applicant will 2-21 use to evaluate the activities conducted under the program to 2-22 determine if the objectives are met; and 2-23 (3) any other information requested by the department. 2-24 Sec. 164.005. AWARDING OF GRANTS. In awarding state grants 2-25 under this chapter, the department shall endeavor to distribute 2-26 grants in a manner that prevents unnecessary duplication of 2-27 services within a community. 3-1 Sec. 164.006. RECORDS AND REPORTS. (a) The department 3-2 shall require each community organization receiving a state grant 3-3 under this chapter to maintain records and information specified by 3-4 the department. 3-5 (b) The department shall review periodically the financial 3-6 records of a program funded with a grant under this chapter. 3-7 (c) As a condition of accepting a grant under this chapter, 3-8 a community organization must allow the department to periodically 3-9 review the financial records of that organization. 3-10 Sec. 164.007. RULES. The board shall adopt rules to 3-11 administer this chapter. 3-12 SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Education Code, is 3-13 amended by adding Section 11.2082 to read as follows: 3-14 Sec. 11.2082. MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON WELLNESS AND HEALTH. 3-15 (a) The Central Education Agency, in cooperation with the Texas 3-16 Department of Health, shall develop a media campaign that 3-17 emphasizes wellness and health for adolescents. 3-18 (b) The media campaign may use printed materials for 3-19 distribution or publication and may use communications to be 3-20 broadcast by radio or television. 3-21 (c) The media campaign may include information on nutrition, 3-22 pregnancy prevention through birth control or abstinence from 3-23 sexual activity, the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, 3-24 substance abuse, and any other health issues appropriate for 3-25 adolescents. 3-26 SECTION 3. Section 21.035(b), Education Code, is amended to 3-27 read as follows: 4-1 (b) Any child not excepted from compulsory school attendance 4-2 may be excused, as provided by this section, for temporary absence 4-3 resulting from personal sickness, health care and accompanying 4-4 counseling and education, sickness or death in the family, 4-5 quarantine, weather or road conditions making travel dangerous, or 4-6 any other unusual cause acceptable to the teacher, principal, or 4-7 superintendent of the school in which the child is enrolled. 4-8 SECTION 4. The change in law made by Section 3 of this Act 4-9 applies beginning with the 1993-1994 school year. 4-10 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 4-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 4-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 4-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 4-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 4-15 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 4-16 passage, and it is so enacted.