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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information provided to public school students |
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regarding the use of anabolic steroids. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.0081, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0081. INFORMATION ABOUT STEROIDS. (a) The |
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[agency, in conjunction with the] Department of State Health |
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Services Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division, in conjunction |
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with the University Interscholastic League, shall: |
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(1) develop information about the use of anabolic |
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steroids and the health risks involved with such use; and |
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(2) distribute the information to school districts. |
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(b) Each school district shall, at appropriate grade levels |
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as determined by the Department of State Health Services Mental |
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Health and Substance Abuse Division [State Board of Education], |
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provide the information developed under Subsection (a) to district |
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students, particularly to those students involved in |
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extracurricular athletic activities. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |