Bill Text: TX HB711 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a childhood health program grant.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB711 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB711-Introduced.html
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| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 711 | |
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| relating to the creation of a childhood health program grant. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subchapter W to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER W. CHILDHOOD HEALTH PROGRAM GRANTS | ||
| Sec. 161.651. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "department" | ||
| means the Department of State Health Services. | ||
| Sec. 161.652. CHILDHOOD HEALTH PROGRAM GRANTS. (a) Subject | ||
| to the availability of funds as described by Subsection (h), the | ||
| department shall develop and implement a grant program to support | ||
| programs related to childhood health, fitness, and obesity | ||
| prevention. | ||
| (b) The department shall request proposals for the award of | ||
| a grant under the program. The department shall evaluate the | ||
| proposals and award a grant based on a proposed program's | ||
| quantifiable effectiveness and potentially positive impact on the | ||
| health of children who participate in the program. | ||
| (c) A grant awarded under this section must be made to an | ||
| organization that has committed resources to the program described | ||
| in the proposal. | ||
| (d) A grant recipient may use grant money received under | ||
| this section only to pay for activities directly related to the | ||
| purpose of the grant program as described by Subsection (a) and may | ||
| not use grant money for fees or advertising. | ||
| (e) The department shall establish procedures to administer | ||
| the grant program, including a procedure for the submission of a | ||
| proposal and a procedure to be used by the department to evaluate a | ||
| proposal. | ||
| (f) The department shall enter into a contract that includes | ||
| performance requirements with each grant recipient. The | ||
| department shall monitor and enforce the terms of the | ||
| contract. The contract must authorize the department to recoup | ||
| grant money from a grant recipient for failure of the grant | ||
| recipient to comply with the terms of the contract. | ||
| (g) The legislature may not appropriate money, other than | ||
| money described by Subsection (h), for the purpose of awarding | ||
| grants under this section. | ||
| (h) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
| donations from any public or private source to implement this | ||
| subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
