Bill Text: TX HB1562 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a border public health initiative developed by the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Health Care Reform, Select [HB1562 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1562-Introduced.html
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| By: Gamez | H.B. No. 1562 | |
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| relating to a border public health initiative developed 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 66 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 66. BORDER PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE | ||
| Sec. 66.001. 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. 66.002. BORDER PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE. (a) 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. 66.003. OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS. To implement the border | ||
| public health initiative described by Section 66.002, the | ||
| department shall 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. | ||
| Sec. 66.004. REPORT. Not later than January 1, 2027, the | ||
| department shall prepare and electronically submit to the | ||
| lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
| and the legislature a report describing: | ||
| (1) health outcomes and health care savings resulting | ||
| from prevention, screenings, and treatment of chronic diseases | ||
| under the border public health initiative; and | ||
| (2) other findings resulting from the border public | ||
| health initiative that the department determines are relevant. | ||
| Sec. 66.005. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires December 31, | ||
| 2035. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Department of State Health Services is | ||
| required to implement a provision of this Act only if the | ||
| legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If | ||
| the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
| purpose, the department may, but is not required to, implement a | ||
| provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
