Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 36.004 — SCREENING PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL SENSES AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
HS § 36.004Title 2. HEALTH · Part B. HEALTH PROGRAMS · Ch. 36. SPECIAL SENSES AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Statute text
View on source(a)The executive commissioner by rule shall require screening of individuals who attend public or private preschools or schools to detect vision and hearing disorders and any other special senses or communication disorders specified by the executive commissioner. In developing the rules, the executive commissioner may consider the number of individuals to be screened and the availability of:
(1)personnel qualified to administer the required screening;
(2)appropriate screening equipment; and
(3)state and local funds for screening activities.
(b)The rules must include procedures necessary to administer screening activities. (b-1) The rules must allow an individual who attends a public or private school to be screened:
(1)using photoscreening to detect vision disorders; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0120, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 363 (H.B. 3157), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 313 (H.B. 1297), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.