HEALTH & SAFETY CODE
CHAPTER 39. CHILDREN'S OUTREACH HEART PROGRAM
§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
