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2024 Texas Statutes
Education Code
Title 2 - Public Education
Subtitle G - Safe Schools
Chapter 38 - Health and Safety
Subchapter B. School-Based Health Centers
Section 38.059. Assistance of Public Health Agency

Universal Citation:
TX Educ Code § 38.059 (2024)
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Sec. 38.059. ASSISTANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY. (a) A school district may seek assistance in establishing and operating a school-based health center from any public health agency in the community. On request, a public health agency shall cooperate with a district and to the extent practicable, considering the resources of the agency, may provide assistance.

(b) A district and a public health agency may, by agreement, jointly establish, operate, and fund a school-based health center.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1418, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 38.011 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 4.005, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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