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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a diabetes demonstration pilot program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. DIABETES DEMONSTRATION PILOT PROGRAM. The Texas |
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Department of State Health Services and the Texas Diabetes Council |
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shall assist in the establishment of a diabetes demonstration pilot |
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program at the Memorial Health System of East Texas to provide a |
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comprehensive approach to promoting the prevention and treatment of |
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ancanthosis nigricans and diabetes. The pilot program must: |
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(1) focus on taking an epidemiological approach to |
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disease surveillance; |
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(2) identify the prevalence of acanthosis nigricans |
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and diabetes in adults and children in the service area of the |
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Memorial Health System of East Texas; |
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(3) provide to persons positively screened for |
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ancanthosis nigricans or diabetes wellness and health information |
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and services; |
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(4) improve the access to care for persons diagnosed |
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with ancanthosis nigricans or diabetes; and |
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(5) study the cost savings of early detection and |
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treatment of ancanthosis nigricans and diabetes. |
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SECTION 2. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The Memorial Health System of |
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East Texas may solicit, accept, and administer gifts and grants |
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from any source, other than this state, for the use and benefit of |
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the diabetes demonstration pilot program. |
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SECTION 3. REPORT. Not later than October 1, 2008, the |
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Memorial Health System of East Texas shall submit a report to the |
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Texas Diabetes Council regarding the effectiveness of the pilot |
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program and any recommendations to continue, expand, or eliminate |
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the pilot program. |
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SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |