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CHAPTER 39. CHILDREN'S OUTREACH HEART PROGRAM
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 2. HEALTH
SUBTITLE B. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 39. CHILDREN'S OUTREACH HEART PROGRAM
Sec. 39.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "heart disease or
defect" means an abnormality or disease of the heart or major
blood vessel near the heart.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 39.002. CHILDREN'S OUTREACH HEART PROGRAM. The department,
with approval of the board, 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.
Sec. 39.003. RULES. The board shall adopt rules it considers
necessary to define the scope of the children's outreach heart
program and the medical and financial standards for eligibility.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 39.004. FEES. Recipients of services or training provided
by the program may be charged a fee for services or training
according to rules adopted by the board.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 39.005. FUNDING. The department may seek, receive, and
spend any funds received through appropriations, grants, or
donations from public or private sources for the purposes of the
children's outreach heart program.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Sec. 39.006. CONTRACTS. The department may enter into contracts
or agreements it considers necessary to facilitate the provision
of services under this chapter, including contracts with other
departments, agencies, boards, educational institutions,
individuals, county governments, municipal governments, states,
and the United States.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.