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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.