1-1 By: Carona S.B. No. 1289 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 12, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; 1-4 March 28, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; March 28, 2001, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1289 By: Shapleigh 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to designating a model injury prevention center. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is 1-13 amended by adding Chapter 780 to read as follows: 1-14 CHAPTER 780. MODEL INJURY PREVENTION CENTER 1-15 Sec. 780.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: 1-16 (1) "Board" means the Texas Board of Health. 1-17 (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Health. 1-18 Sec. 780.002. INJURY PREVENTION CENTER. (a) The department 1-19 shall designate a model center for injury prevention for the state. 1-20 (b) To be eligible for designation as the model center, an 1-21 injury prevention center must have been in existence for at least 1-22 five years and must have the capacity to: 1-23 (1) acquire additional resources valued at $500,000 or 1-24 more; 1-25 (2) lead community interventions; 1-26 (3) do research; and 1-27 (4) collect information and usefully link the 1-28 collected information together. 1-29 (c) The department's designation of an injury prevention 1-30 center as the model injury prevention center is for a five-year 1-31 period. 1-32 (d) The model injury prevention center shall coordinate 1-33 injury prevention control activities for the state in the manner 1-34 that the department prescribes by rule. The department may adopt 1-35 rules permitting the model injury prevention center to provide 1-36 services for regions served by other injury prevention centers in 1-37 this state as necessary to maximize efficient use of resources and 1-38 provide appropriate services. 1-39 (e) The model injury prevention center shall affiliate with 1-40 a level one, two, or three trauma center as defined by the American 1-41 College of Surgeons. 1-42 Sec. 780.003. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE. The model 1-43 injury prevention center shall: 1-44 (1) work with communities and neighborhoods to help 1-45 establish their injury prevention priorities; 1-46 (2) help communities define and implement 1-47 interventions and maintain a best practices website for review and 1-48 use by communities and institutions; 1-49 (3) develop links between electronic databases to 1-50 provide data to community entities; 1-51 (4) provide leadership by bringing community entities 1-52 together to address injury issues; and 1-53 (5) undertake a continuing epidemiologic evaluation of 1-54 the effectiveness of community-based interventions in reducing the 1-55 number and extent of injuries and in reducing costs. 1-56 Sec. 780.004. RESOURCE CENTER. (a) The model injury 1-57 prevention center shall serve as the statewide resource center to 1-58 provide: 1-59 (1) assistance on how to develop and implement an 1-60 injury prevention program; 1-61 (2) assistance on how to develop effective coalitions; 1-62 (3) public awareness campaigns on injury reductions; 1-63 and 1-64 (4) technical assistance on how to develop and 2-1 implement an evaluation process to determine the effectiveness of 2-2 injury prevention interventions. 2-3 (b) The model injury prevention center shall develop and 2-4 publish a statewide strategic plan regarding the center's 2-5 activities under this chapter and regarding ways to improve injury 2-6 prevention efforts in this state. 2-7 Sec. 780.005. RESEARCH PROGRAMS. (a) The model injury 2-8 prevention center may conduct a research program to improve 2-9 treatments for trauma victims and to reduce the severity of 2-10 injuries from trauma. 2-11 (b) The model injury prevention center may accept gifts or 2-12 grants from public or private sources to be used for research. 2-13 Sec. 780.006. STATE LIABILITY. The model injury prevention 2-14 center is considered a state agency only for purposes of Chapter 2-15 104, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. An employee or a former 2-16 employee of the center during the time that the center is 2-17 designated as the model injury prevention center is considered a 2-18 state employee or a former state employee only for purposes of 2-19 Chapter 104, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. 2-20 Sec. 780.007. GIFTS AND GRANTS. (a) The department may 2-21 approve grants to the model injury prevention center according to 2-22 adopted rules. A grant awarded under this section is governed by 2-23 Chapter 783, Government Code, and the rules adopted under that 2-24 chapter. 2-25 (b) The department may accept gifts or grants from any 2-26 source for purposes related to this chapter. 2-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-28 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-29 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-30 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-31 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-32 * * * * *