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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.