Bill Text: TX HB513 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a pilot program for the distribution of certain contraceptives in participating public school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-20 - Referred to Public Education [HB513 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB513-Introduced.html
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| By: Howard | H.B. No. 513 | |
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| relating to a pilot program for the distribution of certain | ||
| contraceptives in participating public school districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.025 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.025. LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVE | ||
| DISTRIBUTION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "pilot program" | ||
| means the long-acting reversible contraceptive distribution pilot | ||
| program. | ||
| (b) Using funds specifically appropriated for the purpose | ||
| of the pilot program or other funds available to the agency for that | ||
| purpose, available federal funds, or other funds received as | ||
| authorized by Subsection (g), the agency, in coordination with the | ||
| Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of State | ||
| Health Services, shall establish a pilot program under which a | ||
| school district participating in the pilot program may distribute | ||
| or provide for the distribution of long-acting reversible | ||
| contraceptives to students enrolled in the district. | ||
| (c) The agency shall designate six school districts to | ||
| participate in the pilot program. The agency shall include in the | ||
| six districts designated: | ||
| (1) a district located in an urban area; | ||
| (2) a district located in a rural area; | ||
| (3) a district to which Chapter 41 applies; | ||
| (4) a district that is not required to take action | ||
| under Chapter 41; | ||
| (5) a district with a rate of teen pregnancy above the | ||
| national average at the time of the designation; and | ||
| (6) a district with a rate of teen pregnancy below the | ||
| national average at the time of the designation. | ||
| (d) A district designated under Subsection (c) may qualify | ||
| under multiple criteria described by Subsection (c). | ||
| (e) The agency by rule shall designate the specific types of | ||
| long-acting reversible contraceptives that may be distributed to | ||
| students under the pilot program. | ||
| (f) A school district participating in the pilot program may | ||
| not distribute or provide for the distribution of a long-acting | ||
| reversible contraceptive to a student who is under 18 years of age | ||
| unless the school district obtains consent from the parent of or | ||
| person standing in parental relation to the student. | ||
| (g) The agency may accept grants and donations to fund the | ||
| pilot program. | ||
| (h) Not later than December 31 of each year that funding is | ||
| provided for the pilot program, the agency shall provide a report to | ||
| the legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot program. | ||
| (i) The agency, the Health and Human Services Commission, | ||
| and the Department of State Health Services shall adopt rules as | ||
| necessary to implement and administer this section. | ||
| (j) This section expires September 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
