Bill Text: TX SB1119 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a border public health initiative by the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-16 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1119-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a border public health initiative by the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-16 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1119-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1119 |
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relating to the establishment of a border public health initiative | ||
by the Department of State Health Services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 65 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 65. BORDER PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE | ||
Sec. 65.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Border county" means a county adjacent to this | ||
state's international border with Mexico. | ||
(2) "Promotora" or "community health worker" has the | ||
meaning assigned by Section 48.001. | ||
Sec. 65.0002. BORDER PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE. (a) To the | ||
extent funding is available, the department shall develop an | ||
initiative to reduce the adverse health impacts of diabetes, | ||
hypertension, and obesity for adults and children in border | ||
counties. The initiative must promote: | ||
(1) educational resources designed to prevent those | ||
conditions; | ||
(2) screenings of persons at risk for those | ||
conditions; and | ||
(3) referrals to and treatment by health care | ||
providers for those conditions. | ||
(b) In developing the border public health initiative, the | ||
department may consult and collaborate with: | ||
(1) other health and human services agencies; | ||
(2) other appropriate state or federal agencies; | ||
(3) health science centers and medical schools; and | ||
(4) public and private health care providers and | ||
hospitals. | ||
Sec. 65.0003. OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS. The department shall, | ||
subject to available funding, conduct bilingual, culturally | ||
appropriate outreach campaigns in consultation and collaboration | ||
with appropriate individuals and entities that may include: | ||
(1) promotoras and community health workers; | ||
(2) academic centers located in border counties; | ||
(3) nonprofit organizations; | ||
(4) public schools; | ||
(5) public and private health care providers and | ||
hospitals; | ||
(6) worksite wellness programs; | ||
(7) local business and health care providers that | ||
provide early detection of prediabetes, prehypertension, and | ||
obesity; and | ||
(8) other local entities, as the department determines | ||
appropriate. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |