Sec. 168.010. DIABETES INTERVENTION PILOT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED ON THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER. (a) This section applies only to a school district located in a county that:

(1) has a population of less than 800,000; and

(2) is located on the international border.

(b) The department, in consultation with the Texas Education Agency, shall adopt criteria for the development of a pilot program that is designed to prevent and detect Type 2 diabetes for a school district described by Subsection (a) that has a student population identified by the commissioner as at risk for Type 2 diabetes and that takes into account the needs of the school district. A pilot program developed under this subsection must provide that:

(1) for each student in kindergarten through grade eight, each school in the school district must:

(A) measure the height, weight, and blood glucose levels of the student at the beginning of the school year and at another appropriate time during the implementation of the program; and

(B) track the measurements of the student and the progress of the student under the program through a data entry system provided over the Internet; and

(2) the pilot program components consist of bilingual materials.

(c) A school district to which Subsection (a) applies may choose to participate in a pilot program under this section. In the first year a school district implements a program under this section, the district shall report the measurements of student height, weight, and blood glucose levels and the progress of a student under the program to the entity that administers the program. The administering entity, in cooperation with the department, shall evaluate and analyze the measurements to determine the effectiveness of the program in the first year.

(d) The department shall, from money appropriated for that purpose, distribute money to each school district that chooses to implement a pilot program under this section to cover the costs associated with the program.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1111 (H.B. 3618), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2011.