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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a marketing and outreach campaign and services to |
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reduce unintended pregnancies and lower rates of sexually |
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transmitted diseases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.095 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.095. UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES AND SEXUALLY |
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TRANSMITTED DISEASES: OUTREACH CAMPAIGN AND SERVICES PROVIDED. (a) |
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To the extent money is available for the purposes provided by this |
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section, the commission shall provide adequate and sufficient |
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funding to conduct a comprehensive marketing and outreach campaign |
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to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and lower the rates |
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of sexually transmitted diseases. The campaign must include print |
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and broadcast media, Internet websites, and a toll-free telephone |
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number. |
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(b) The commission, the Legislative Budget Board, or the |
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governor, in providing adequate and sufficient funding for the |
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campaign as required by Subsection (a), may not take any action to |
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decrease the level of programs and services designed to reduce the |
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number of unintended pregnancies and lower the rates of sexually |
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transmitted diseases to below the level of programs and services |
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provided on September 1, 2013. |
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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 on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |