Sec. 39.002. CHILDREN'S OUTREACH HEART PROGRAM. The department, with approval of the executive commissioner, may establish a children's outreach heart program to provide:
(1) prediagnostic cardiac screening and follow-up evaluation services to persons under 21 years of age who are from low-income families and who may have a heart disease or defect; and
(2) training to local physicians and public health nurses in screening and diagnostic procedures for heart disease or defect.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0130, eff. April 2, 2015.
