BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1454

By: Gonzalez, Naomi

International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties note that Texas currently has the one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the United States. Certain evidence indicates a relationship between obesity and diabetes, and it is reported that annual health care costs are markedly higher for people with diabetes. The parties contend that the more education about diabetes children receive, the more likely they will be to take preventative measures on their own, potentially decreasing their lifetime health care costs. C.S.H.B. 1454 seeks to address this issue by providing for an event to educate children in certain school districts about health and wellness relating to diabetes.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1454 amends the Education Code to require a school district with a student enrollment of at least 60,000 that is located in a county on the international border with a population of 800,000 or more to hold an event once each school year, beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, in which local nonprofit diabetes prevention organizations visit each school campus to educate students in the third through 12th grades about Type 2 diabetes prevention and awareness.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

While C.S.H.B. 1454 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.

INTRODUCED	HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 38.028 to read as follows: Sec. 38.028. TYPE 2 DIABETES PREVENTION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM. (a) This section applies only to a school district with a student enrollment of at least 60,000 that is located in a county on the international border with a population of 800,000 or more. (b) A school district to which this section applies shall implement a program in which a local nonprofit diabetes prevention organization visits each school campus on a quarterly basis to educate students in the third through 12th grades about Type 2 diabetes prevention and awareness.	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 38.028 to read as follows: Sec. 38.028. TYPE 2 DIABETES PREVENTION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM. (a) This section applies only to a school district with a student enrollment of at least 60,000 that is located in a county on the international border with a population of 800,000 or more. (b) A school district to which this section applies shall hold an event once each school year in which local nonprofit diabetes prevention organizations visit each school campus to educate students in the third through 12th grades about Type 2 diabetes prevention and awareness.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.	SECTION 2. Same as introduced version.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.	SECTION 3. Same as introduced version.