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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to establishing an interim committee to study the |
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provision of dental services to certain public school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Interim Select Committee on Dental |
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Services for Public School Students is established to study the |
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advisability and feasibility of requiring dental examinations for |
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public school students who are entering the first grade. The |
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committee's study must include an analysis of: |
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(1) the advantages and disadvantages of requiring a |
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dental examination performed by a dentist for each student not |
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earlier than the 180th day before or later than the 30th day after |
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the date the student enters the first grade; and |
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(2) the costs associated with requiring a dental |
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examination as described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection. |
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(b) The committee is composed of 10 members appointed as |
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follows: |
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(1) three members appointed by the lieutenant |
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governor, two of whom must be senators and the other one of whom |
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must be a nonelected individual who holds a license under Subtitle |
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D, Title 3, Occupations Code; |
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(2) three members appointed by the speaker of the |
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house of representatives, two of whom must be members of the house |
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and the other one of whom must be a nonelected individual who holds |
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a license under Subtitle D, Title 3, Occupations Code; |
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(3) three members appointed by the governor, one of |
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whom must be a nonelected individual who holds a license under |
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Subtitle D, Title 3, Occupations Code, and the other two of whom may |
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not be employed by a governmental entity; and |
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(4) one member, appointed by the executive director of |
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the State Board of Dental Examiners, who may not be employed by a |
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governmental entity. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2009, the committee shall |
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hold an organizational meeting. At that meeting, the committee |
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shall elect a presiding officer from among its members. Committee |
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meetings shall be held at the call of the presiding officer. |
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(d) The committee has all other powers and duties provided |
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to a special or select committee by the rules of the senate and |
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house of representatives, by Subchapter B, Chapter 301, Government |
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Code, and by policies of the senate and house committees on |
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administration. |
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(e) From the contingent expense fund of the senate and the |
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contingent expense fund of the house of representatives equally, |
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the members of the committee are entitled to reimbursement for |
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expenses incurred in carrying out this Act in accordance with the |
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rules of the senate and house of representatives and the policies of |
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the senate and house committees on administration. |
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(f) Not later than February 1, 2011, the committee shall |
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report the committee's findings and recommendations resulting from |
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the study to the governor, lieutenant governor, the speaker of the |
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house of representatives, and the members of the legislature. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2009, the lieutenant |
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governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the |
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governor shall appoint members to the Interim Select Committee on |
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Dental Services for Public School Students established under |
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Section 1 of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |