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	Amend SB 870 (House committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 531.0993 to read as follows:
	Sec. 531.0993.  OBESITY PREVENTION PILOT PROGRAM.  (a)  The 
commission and the Department of State Health Services shall 
coordinate to establish a pilot program designed to:
		(1)  decrease the rate of obesity in child health plan 
program enrollees and Medicaid recipients;
		(2)  improve the nutritional choices and increase 
physical activity levels of child health plan program enrollees and 
Medicaid recipients; and
		(3)  achieve long-term reductions in child health plan 
and Medicaid program costs incurred by the state as a result of 
obesity.
	(b)  The commission and the Department of State Health 
Services shall implement the pilot program for a period of at least 
24 months in one or more health care service regions in this state, 
as selected by the commission.  In selecting the regions for 
participation, the commission shall consider the degree to which 
child health plan program enrollees and Medicaid recipients in the 
region are at higher than average risk of obesity.
	(c)  In developing the pilot program, the commission and the 
Department of State Health Services shall identify measurable goals 
and specific strategies for achieving those goals.  The specific 
strategies may be evidence-based to the extent evidence-based 
strategies are available for the purposes of the program.
	(d)  The commission shall submit a report on or before each 
November 1 that occurs during the period the pilot program is 
operated to the standing committees of the senate and house of 
representatives having primary jurisdiction over the child health 
plan and Medicaid programs regarding the results of the program.  In 
addition, the commission shall submit a final report to the 
committees regarding those results not later than three months 
after the conclusion of the program.  Each report must include:
		(1)  a summary of the identified goals for the program 
and the strategies used to achieve those goals;
		(2)  an analysis of all data collected in the program as 
of the end of the period covered by the report and the capability of 
the data to measure achievement of the identified goals;
		(3)  a recommendation regarding the continued 
operation of the program; and
		(4)  a recommendation regarding whether the program 
should be implemented statewide.
	(e)  The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement 
this section.