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By: Huffines, Buckingham |
S.B. No. 850 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2017; February 27, 2017, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human |
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Services; April 27, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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April 27, 2017, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 850 |
By: Perry |
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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, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to |
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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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(b-1) The executive commissioner, in cooperation with the |
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Texas Education Agency, by rule shall develop a process to notify a |
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parent, managing conservator, or guardian of: |
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(1) the screening requirement; |
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(2) the purposes of and reasons for the screening |
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requirement, including prevention of painful scoliosis correction |
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surgery and medical risks to the child if screening is declined; |
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(3) the noninvasive nature of the method used to |
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conduct the screening; and |
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(4) the method for declining to comply with the |
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screening requirement through the use of an exemption described by |
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Section 37.002(b). |
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SECTION 2. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health |
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and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules under Section |
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37.001, 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. |
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