By Capelo H.B. No. 1722
77R5910 KKA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a requirement that school district nurses and
1-3 counselors provide information and assistance concerning student
1-4 enrollment in the state child health plan.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding
1-7 Section 38.013 to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 38.013. INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE CONCERNING THE
1-9 STATE CHILD HEALTH PLAN. (a) The board of trustees of each school
1-10 district shall adopt procedures under which school counselors and
1-11 nurses shall:
1-12 (1) inform appropriate students and their parents of
1-13 the availability of health benefits coverage under the state child
1-14 health plan authorized by Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code; and
1-15 (2) on request of a student or the student's parent,
1-16 assist the student or parent in applying for coverage for the
1-17 student under that plan.
1-18 (b) In this section, "parent" includes a person standing in
1-19 parental relation.
1-20 SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2002, in accordance
1-21 with Section 38.013, Education Code, as added by this Act, the
1-22 board of trustees of each school district shall adopt procedures
1-23 under which school nurses and counselors provide information and
1-24 assistance concerning the state child health plan.
2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-2 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-3 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-4 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-5 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.