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Amend SB 453 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 85, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subchapter H to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER H. HIV PREVENTION MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Sec. 85.161. GRANTS FOR MEDIA CAMPAIGN. The Department of
State Health Services, out of funds appropriated by the
legislature, shall award grants in an amount equal to at least one
percent of the total funds appropriated to the department for
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) related programs to local contractors
to implement a highly visible media campaign encouraging
individuals, as part of a routine physical examination, to undergo
a medical procedure or test designed to show whether the individual
has acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency
virus. For the purposes of this section, a highly visible media
campaign includes the use of billboards, newspaper and magazine
advertisements, and signs on commercial motor vehicles and motor
vehicles used for public transportation.