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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on an adult diabetes education program in |
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certain county hospital systems and hospital districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.0761 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.0761. STUDY ON ADULT DIABETES EDUCATION. (a) The |
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department shall conduct a study of the feasibility and cost of |
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providing an adult diabetes education program to be offered in |
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counties with populations of more than 100,000 by hospital |
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districts and county hospital systems. The department may select a |
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division, committee, or employee of the department to conduct the |
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study. |
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(b) A hospital district or county hospital system that |
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receives funding under the program would be required to: |
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(1) make the adult diabetes education program |
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available in English and Spanish using a curriculum developed by |
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the Texas Diabetes Council; and |
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(2) make the education program available in the |
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county, including at each rural health clinic the district or |
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system may have. |
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(c) Not later than June 1, 2008, the Texas Diabetes Council |
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shall develop a proposed curriculum for the adult diabetes |
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education program and provide a copy of the proposed curriculum to |
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the department. The curriculum must emphasize life choices that |
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enable a diabetic patient to control the disease and improve the |
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patient's standard of living. |
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(d) Not later January 1, 2009, the department shall deliver |
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to the legislature a report on: |
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(1) the results of the study conducted under |
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Subsection (a), including the feasibility and cost of providing the |
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program; |
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(2) a plan of action for implementing the adult |
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diabetes education program in hospital districts and county |
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hospital systems; |
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(3) an analysis of any diabetes education programs |
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currently offered to adults by hospital districts and county |
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hospital systems, including the costs and effectiveness of the |
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programs; and |
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(4) a copy of the proposed curriculum developed by the |
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Texas Diabetes Council. |
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(e) This section expires June 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |