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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding of the Texas Home Visiting Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 191.0045, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The board by rule may prescribe a schedule of fees for |
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vital statistics services. [The aggregate of the amounts of the
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fees may not exceed the cost of administering the vital statistics
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system.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 191.005, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), all [All] fees |
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collected by the bureau of vital statistics shall be deposited to |
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the credit of the vital statistics fund. |
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(d) A portion of the fees collected by the bureau of vital |
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statistics may be appropriated by the legislature to the Health and |
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Human Services Commission to fund the Texas Home Visiting Program. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |