H.B. No. 3618
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain health programs and grants and other related
  funds for school districts located in the border region.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3618 was passed by the House on May
  10, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3618 on May 25, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 3,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3618 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays
  5.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor