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By: N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
H.B. No. 1454 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Education; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to events to educate students about Type 2 diabetes in |
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certain school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.028 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.028. TYPE 2 DIABETES PREVENTION AND AWARENESS |
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PROGRAM. (a) This section applies only to a school district with a |
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student enrollment of at least 60,000 that is located in a county on |
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the international border with a population of 800,000 or more. |
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(b) A school district to which this section applies shall |
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hold an event once each school year in which local nonprofit |
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diabetes prevention organizations visit each school campus to |
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educate students in the third through 12th grades about Type 2 |
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diabetes prevention and awareness. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2013. |
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