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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of an interagency obesity council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle E, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 114 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 114. INTERAGENCY OBESITY COUNCIL |
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Sec. 114.001. INTERAGENCY OBESITY COUNCIL. (a) The |
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commissioner of agriculture, commissioner of state health |
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services, and commissioner of education, or a staff member |
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designated by each of those commissioners, shall meet at least once |
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a year as an interagency council to: |
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(1) discuss the status of each agency's programs that |
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promote better health and nutrition and prevent obesity among |
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children and adults in this state; and |
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(2) consider the feasibility of tax incentives for |
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employers who promote activities designed to reduce obesity in the |
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workforce. |
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(b) Not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the |
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interagency council shall submit a report to the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives on the activities of the council during the |
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preceding two calendar years. |
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(c) A report submitted by the interagency council under |
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Subsection (b) must include: |
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(1) a list of the programs within each agency that are |
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designed to promote better health and nutrition; |
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(2) an assessment of the steps taken by each program |
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during the preceding two calendar years; |
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(3) a report of the progress made by taking these steps |
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in reaching each program's goals; |
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(4) the areas of improvement that are needed in each |
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program; and |
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(5) recommendations for future goals or legislation. |
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(d) A meeting held under this section is not subject to the |
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provisions of the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |