Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 95.002 — TYPE 2 DIABETES EDUCATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
HS § 95.002Title 2. HEALTH · Part D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES · Ch. 95. DIABETES · Art. A. RISK ASSESSMENT FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES
Statute text
View on source(a)The office shall administer a risk assessment program for Type 2 diabetes in accordance with this chapter.
(b)The office, after reviewing recommendations made by the advisory committee, by rule shall coordinate the risk assessment for Type 2 diabetes of individuals who attend public or private schools located in Texas Education Agency Regional Education Service Centers 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, and 20 and, by using existing funding as efficiently as possible or by using other available funding, in additional regional education service centers.
(c)The rules must include procedures necessary to administer the risk assessment program, including procedures that require each school to record and report risk assessment activities using:
(1)an existing database used to administer and track risk assessment data; or
(2)widely accepted surveillance software selected by the office.
(d)The office shall require a risk assessment for Type 2 diabetes to be performed at the same time hearing and vision screening is performed under Chapter 36 or spinal screening is performed under Chapter 37. The risk assessment for Type 2 diabetes should:
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 504 (S.B. 415), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0329, eff. April 2, 2015.