85R3071 PAM-D     By: Howard H.B. No. 941       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a pilot program for the distribution of certain   contraceptives in participating public school districts.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 38.025 to read as follows:          Sec. 38.025.  LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVE   DISTRIBUTION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "pilot program"   means the long-acting reversible contraceptive distribution pilot   program.          (b)  Using funds specifically appropriated for the purpose   of the pilot program or other funds available to the agency for that   purpose, available federal funds, or other funds received as   authorized by Subsection (g), the agency, in coordination with the   Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of State   Health Services, shall establish a pilot program under which a   school district participating in the pilot program may distribute   or provide for the distribution of long-acting reversible   contraceptives to students enrolled in the district.          (c)  The agency shall designate six school districts to   participate in the pilot program. The agency shall include in the   six districts designated:                (1)  a district located in an urban area;                (2)  a district located in a rural area;                (3)  a district to which Chapter 41 applies;                (4)  a district that is not required to take action   under Chapter 41;                (5)  a district with a rate of teen pregnancy above the   national average at the time of the designation; and                (6)  a district with a rate of teen pregnancy below the   national average at the time of the designation.          (d)  A district designated under Subsection (c) may qualify   under multiple criteria described by Subsection (c).          (e)  The agency by rule shall designate the specific types of   long-acting reversible contraceptives that may be distributed to   students under the pilot program.          (f)  A school district participating in the pilot program may   not distribute or provide for the distribution of a long-acting   reversible contraceptive to a student who is under 18 years of age   unless the school district obtains consent from the parent of or   person standing in parental relation to the student.          (g)  The agency may accept grants and donations to fund the   pilot program.          (h)  Not later than December 31 of each year that funding is   provided for the pilot program, the agency shall provide a report to   the legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot program.          (i)  The agency, the Health and Human Services Commission,   and the Department of State Health Services shall adopt rules as   necessary to implement and administer this section.          (j)  This section expires September 1, 2021.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.