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Amend CSHB 2730 (house committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 7 of the bill
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 7.____. Subchapter C, Chapter 522, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 522.034 to read as follows:
Sec. 522.034. HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND WELLNESS PROGRAM. (a)
The department shall establish a health management and wellness
program to educate each applicant for a commercial driver's license
or commercial driver learner's permit on health risks that may
increase the risk that an operator may cause an accident while
driving a commercial motor vehicle. At a minimum, the program must
include information on:
(1) high blood pressure;
(2) high cholesterol; and
(3) diabetes.
(b) The department shall make the health management and
wellness information required by Subsection (a) available to each
applicant:
(1) in person, at the time the applicant submits an
application for a commercial driver's license or commercial driver
learner's permit; and
(2) on the department's Internet website.