By: Carona S.B. No. 1289
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to designating a model injury prevention center.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is
1-5 amended by adding Chapter 780 to read as follows:
1-6 CHAPTER 780. MODEL INJURY PREVENTION CENTER
1-7 Sec. 780.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
1-8 (1) "Board" means the Texas Board of Health.
1-9 (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Health.
1-10 Sec. 780.002. INJURY PREVENTION CENTER. (a) The department
1-11 shall designate a model center for injury prevention for the state.
1-12 (b) To be eligible for designation as the model center, an
1-13 injury prevention center must have been in existence for at least
1-14 five years and must have the capacity to:
1-15 (1) acquire additional resources valued at $500,000 or
1-16 more;
1-17 (2) lead community interventions;
1-18 (3) do research; and
1-19 (4) collect information and usefully link the
1-20 collected information together.
1-21 (c) The department's designation of an injury prevention
1-22 center as the model injury prevention center is for a five-year
1-23 period.
1-24 (d) The model injury prevention center shall coordinate
1-25 injury prevention control activities for the state in the manner
2-1 that the department prescribes by rule. The department may adopt
2-2 rules permitting the model injury prevention center to provide
2-3 services for regions served by other injury prevention centers in
2-4 this state as necessary to maximize efficient use of resources and
2-5 provide appropriate services.
2-6 (e) The model injury prevention center shall affiliate with
2-7 a level one, two, or three trauma center as defined by the American
2-8 College of Surgeons.
2-9 Sec. 780.003. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE. The model
2-10 injury prevention center shall:
2-11 (1) work with communities and neighborhoods to help
2-12 establish their injury prevention priorities;
2-13 (2) help communities define and implement
2-14 interventions and maintain a best practices website for review and
2-15 use by communities and institutions;
2-16 (3) develop links between electronic databases to
2-17 provide data to community entities;
2-18 (4) provide leadership by bringing community entities
2-19 together to address injury issues; and
2-20 (5) undertake a continuing epidemiologic evaluation of
2-21 the effectiveness of community-based interventions in reducing the
2-22 number and extent of injuries and in reducing costs.
2-23 Sec. 780.004. RESOURCE CENTER. (a) The model injury
2-24 prevention center shall serve as the statewide resource center to
2-25 provide:
2-26 (1) assistance on how to develop and implement an
3-1 injury prevention program;
3-2 (2) assistance on how to develop effective coalitions;
3-3 (3) public awareness campaigns on injury reductions;
3-4 and
3-5 (4) technical assistance on how to develop and
3-6 implement an evaluation process to determine the effectiveness of
3-7 injury prevention interventions.
3-8 (b) The model injury prevention center shall develop and
3-9 publish a statewide strategic plan regarding the center's
3-10 activities under this chapter and regarding ways to improve injury
3-11 prevention efforts in this state.
3-12 Sec. 780.005. RESEARCH PROGRAMS. (a) The model injury
3-13 prevention center may conduct a research program to improve
3-14 treatments for trauma victims and to reduce the severity of
3-15 injuries from trauma.
3-16 (b) The model injury prevention center may accept gifts or
3-17 grants from public or private sources to be used for research.
3-18 Sec. 780.006. GIFTS AND GRANTS. (a) The department may
3-19 approve grants to the model injury prevention center according to
3-20 adopted rules. A grant awarded under this section is governed by
3-21 Chapter 783, Government Code, and the rules adopted under that
3-22 chapter.
3-23 (b) The department may accept gifts or grants from any
3-24 source for purposes related to this chapter.
3-25 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-26 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
4-1 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
4-2 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
4-3 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.