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.