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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the mandatory spinal screening of public and private |
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school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The executive commissioner, in cooperation with the |
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Texas Education Agency, shall adopt rules for the mandatory spinal |
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screening of children [in grades 6 and 9] attending public or |
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private schools. In adopting rules under this subsection, the |
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executive commissioner shall consider the most recent nationally |
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accepted and peer-reviewed scientific research in determining the |
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appropriate ages for conducting the spinal screening. The |
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department shall coordinate the spinal screening program with any |
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other screening program conducted by the department on those |
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children. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall adopt rules under Section |
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37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not later |
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than January 1, 2018. |
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(b) This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019 school |
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year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |