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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a pilot program for the distribution of certain |
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contraceptives in participating public 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 38.025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.025. LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVE |
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DISTRIBUTION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "pilot program" |
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means the long-acting reversible contraceptive distribution pilot |
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program. |
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(b) Using funds specifically appropriated for the purpose |
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of the pilot program or other funds available to the agency for that |
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purpose, available federal funds, or other funds received as |
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authorized by Subsection (g), the agency, in coordination with the |
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Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of State |
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Health Services, shall establish a pilot program under which a |
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school district participating in the pilot program may distribute |
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or provide for the distribution of long-acting reversible |
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contraceptives to students enrolled in the district. |
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(c) The agency shall designate six school districts to |
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participate in the pilot program. The agency shall include in the |
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six districts designated: |
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(1) a district located in an urban area; |
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(2) a district located in a rural area; |
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(3) a district to which Chapter 41 applies; |
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(4) a district that is not required to take action |
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under Chapter 41; |
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(5) a district with a rate of teen pregnancy above the |
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national average at the time of the designation; and |
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(6) a district with a rate of teen pregnancy below the |
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national average at the time of the designation. |
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(d) A district designated under Subsection (c) may qualify |
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under multiple criteria described by Subsection (c). |
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(e) The agency by rule shall designate the specific types of |
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long-acting reversible contraceptives that may be distributed to |
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students under the pilot program. |
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(f) A school district participating in the pilot program may |
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not distribute or provide for the distribution of a long-acting |
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reversible contraceptive to a student who is under 18 years of age |
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unless the school district obtains consent from the parent of or |
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person standing in parental relation to the student. |
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(g) The agency may accept grants and donations to fund the |
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pilot program. |
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(h) Not later than December 31 of each year that funding is |
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provided for the pilot program, the agency shall provide a report to |
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the legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot program. |
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(i) The agency, the Health and Human Services Commission, |
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and the Department of State Health Services shall adopt rules as |
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necessary to implement and administer this section. |
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(j) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |