Notice Concerning Health Care Services

Sec. 38.012. NOTICE CONCERNING HEALTH CARE SERVICES. (a) Before a school district or school may expand or change the health care services available at a school in the district from those that were available on January 1, 1999, the board of trustees must: (1) hold a public hearing at which the board discloses all information on the proposed health care services, including: (A) all health care services to be provided; (B) whether federal law permits or requires any health care service provided to be kept confidential from parents; (C) whether a child's medical records will be accessible to the child's parent; (D) information concerning grant funds to be used; (E) the titles of persons who will have access to the medical records of a student; and (F) the security measures that will be used to protect the privacy of students' medical records; and (2) approve the expansion or change by a record vote. (b) A hearing under Subsection (a) must include an opportunity for public comment on the proposal. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1418, Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 1999.