Amend HB 3618 (Senate committee printing) by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following: SECTION 1. Chapter 168, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Sections 168.010 and 168.011 to read as follows: Sec. 168.010. DIABETES INTERVENTION PILOT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED ON THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER. (a) This section applies only to a school district located in a county that: (1) has a population of less than 600,000; and (2) is located on the international border. (b) The department, in consultation with the Texas Education Agency, shall adopt criteria for the development of a pilot program that is designed to prevent and detect Type 2 diabetes for a school district described by Subsection (a) that has a student population identified by the commissioner as at risk for Type 2 diabetes and that takes into account the needs of the school district. A pilot program developed under this subsection must provide that: (1) for each student in kindergarten through grade eight, each school in the school district must: (A) measure the height, weight, and blood glucose levels of the student at the beginning of the school year and at another appropriate time during the implementation of the program; and (B) track the measurements of the student and the progress of the student under the program through a data entry system provided over the Internet; and (2) the pilot program components consist of bilingual materials. (c) A school district to which Subsection (a) applies may choose to participate in a pilot program under this section. In the first year a school district implements a program under this section, the district shall report the measurements of student height, weight, and blood glucose levels and the progress of a student under the program to the entity that administers the program. The administering entity, in cooperation with the department, shall evaluate and analyze the measurements to determine the effectiveness of the program in the first year. (d) The department shall, from money appropriated for that purpose, distribute money to each school district that chooses to implement a pilot program under this section to cover the costs associated with the program. Sec. 168.011. GRANT-WRITING COORDINATION PROGRAM. (a) The department shall employ one person as a grant writer to assist and coordinate with school districts located in the Texas-Mexico border region in obtaining grants and other funds for school-based health centers. (b) A grant writer employed under this section may secure a grant or other funds on behalf of the state for a school-based health center. (c) Funds obtained by the use of a grant writer employed under this section may be used only to: (1) acquire, construct, or improve facilities for a school-based health center; (2) purchase or lease equipment or materials for a school-based health center; or (3) pay the salary or employment benefits of a person who is employed to work exclusively in a school-based health center. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007.