Sec. 95.002.  TYPE 2 DIABETES EDUCATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.  (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:
(1)  identify students with acanthosis nigricans; and
(2)  further assess students identified under Subdivision (1) to determine the students':
(A)  body mass index; and
(B)  blood pressure.
(e)  The office may:
(1)  coordinate the risk assessment for Type 2 diabetes activities of school districts, private schools, state agencies, volunteer organizations, universities, and other entities so that the efforts of each entity are complementary and not fragmented and duplicative; and
(2)  provide technical assistance to those entities in developing risk assessment programs.
(f)  The office shall:
(1)  provide educational and other material to assist local risk assessment activities;
(2)  monitor the quality of risk assessment activities provided under this chapter; and
(3)  consult with the Texas Board of Nursing to determine the training requirements necessary for a nurse or other person to conduct risk assessment activities under this chapter.
(g)  The office shall provide on the office's Internet website information on obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and related conditions to health care providers and update the information at least annually.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1465, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1125, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
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.