Bill Text: TX SB999 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a state plan for education on and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-25 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB999 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB999-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 999 |
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relating to a state plan for education on and treatment of | ||
Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 99 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 99. STATE PLAN FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED | ||
DISORDERS | ||
Sec. 99.001. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE PLAN. | ||
(a) The department, using existing resources and programs to the | ||
extent possible, shall develop and implement a state plan for | ||
education on and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related | ||
disorders. | ||
(b) The state plan must include strategies for: | ||
(1) improving early detection of, reducing disease | ||
onset risks for, and improving treatment of Alzheimer's disease and | ||
related disorders for specific demographic groups; | ||
(2) educating health care professionals, caregivers, | ||
and the public to increase awareness of Alzheimer's disease and | ||
related disorders; | ||
(3) providing caregiver support; | ||
(4) advancing basic science and applied research | ||
related to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; and | ||
(5) collecting and evaluating information on efforts | ||
to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. | ||
(c) The department shall develop the strategies described | ||
by Subsection (b)(1) in consultation with physicians and other | ||
health care providers licensed in this state who have clinical | ||
training and experience in caring for persons with Alzheimer's | ||
disease or related disorders. | ||
Sec. 99.002. COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES. (a) In | ||
developing the state plan under Section 99.001, the department | ||
shall seek comments from interested parties, including: | ||
(1) members of the public with, or who care for persons | ||
with, Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; | ||
(2) each state agency that provides services to | ||
persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; | ||
(3) any advisory body that addresses issues related to | ||
Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; | ||
(4) public advocates concerned with issues related to | ||
Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; | ||
(5) physicians and health care providers licensed in | ||
this state who have clinical training and experience in caring for | ||
persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; and | ||
(6) researchers of issues affecting persons with | ||
Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. | ||
(b) On request of the department, the commission shall | ||
provide information and comments related to services provided to | ||
persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. | ||
(c) The department shall meet with interested parties at | ||
least two times each year to: | ||
(1) facilitate comments on and discuss the progress of | ||
developing and implementing the state plan developed under this | ||
chapter; and | ||
(2) gather information for the report required under | ||
Section 99.004. | ||
Sec. 99.003. REVIEW AND MODIFICATION OF STATE PLAN. The | ||
department shall conduct a review and modify as necessary the state | ||
plan developed under this chapter at least once every five years. | ||
Sec. 99.004. REPORT. Not later than September 1 of each | ||
even-numbered year, the department shall submit to the legislature | ||
a report on the development and implementation or the review or | ||
modification of the state plan developed under this chapter. | ||
Sec. 99.005. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The department may accept | ||
gifts and grants from any source to fund the duties of the | ||
department under this chapter. | ||
Sec. 99.006. NO CAUSE OF ACTION, DUTY, STANDARD OF CARE, OR | ||
LIABILITY CREATED. Notwithstanding any other law, Section 99.001, | ||
including the use of or failure to use any information or materials | ||
developed or disseminated under that section, does not create a | ||
civil, criminal, or administrative cause of action or liability or | ||
create a standard of care, obligation, or duty that provides a basis | ||
for a cause of action. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 999 passed the Senate on | ||
March 27, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 999 passed the House on | ||
April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |