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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for screenings in public or private |
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schools to detect vision disorders of students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.004, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The rules must allow an individual who attends a |
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public or private school to be screened using photoscreening to |
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detect vision disorders. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt the rules necessary to implement |
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the changes in law made by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3157 was passed by the House on April |
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27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3157 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |