Bill Text: TX HB1044 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relating to mandatory spinal screenings for children in certain grades attending public or private schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Referred to Public Education [HB1044 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1044-Introduced.html

---

85R5590 JG-F
By: Blanco H.B. No. 1044

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to mandatory spinal screenings for children in certain
grades attending public or private schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The executive commissioner, in cooperation with the
Texas Education Agency, shall adopt rules for the mandatory spinal
screening of female children in grades 5 and 7 and male children in
grade 8 [6 and 9] attending public or private schools. The
department shall coordinate the spinal screening program with any
other screening program conducted by the department on those
children.
SECTION 2. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health
and Human Services Commission, in cooperation with the Texas
Education Agency, shall adopt the rules required by Section
37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, as soon
as practicable after the effective date of this Act.
(b) Section 37.001(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2018-2019 school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.