Sec. 168.011.  GRANT-WRITING COORDINATION PROGRAM.  (a)  The department shall employ one person as a grant writer to assist and coordinate with school districts located in the Texas-Mexico border region in obtaining grants and other funds for school-based health centers.
(b)  A grant writer employed under this section may secure a grant or other funds on behalf of the state for a school-based health center.
(c)  Funds obtained by the use of a grant writer employed under this section may be used only to:
(1)  acquire, construct, or improve facilities for a school-based health center;
(2)  purchase or lease equipment or materials for a school-based health center; or
(3)  pay the salary or employment benefits of a person who is employed to work exclusively in a school-based health center.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1111 (H.B. 3618), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.