Texas Administrative Code › Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 37 - MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SERVICES › Subchapter R - ADVISORY COMMITTEES › Section 37.350 - Texas School Health Advisory Committee

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The committee. The Texas School Health
				  Advisory Committee (committee) shall be appointed under and governed by this
				  section.
(b) Applicable law. Texas
				  Government Code, §
										2110.008, does not
				  apply to a committee created under this section. The committee is subject to
				  the Texas Health and Safety Code, §
										1001.0711,
				  concerning the School Health Advisory Committee and the Texas Education Code,
				  §
										38.104(c).
(c) Purpose. The purpose of the committee is
				  to provide assistance in establishing a leadership role for the Department of
				  State Health Services (department) in support for and delivery of coordinated
				  school health programs and school health services. In addition, the committee
				  is to review the analysis of the required student physical fitness assessment
				  adopted by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and develop recommendations as
				  outlined in Texas Education Code, §
										38.104(c).
(d) Composition.
(1) The committee shall be composed of one
				  representative from the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), appointed by the
				  Commissioner of Agriculture; one representative from TEA, appointed by the
				  Commissioner of Education; the department's School Health Program Coordinator
				  or other department representative; and 17 members appointed by the Executive
				  Commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission (commission) which
				  shall consist of:
(A) two individuals
				  representing school superintendents, assistant superintendents, school
				  principals, assistant principals, or school district board members;
(B) one registered nurse working in a school
				  as a school nurse or school nurse administrator;
(C) five consumer members who are parents of
				  school-age children with at least one parent of a child with special
				  needs;
(D) one physician, or
				  physician's assistant, or nurse practitioner currently providing health
				  services to school-aged children;
(E) one representative working in a school as
				  a school counselor with certification as a school counselor;
(F) four members representing a nonprofit or
				  not-for-profit entity directly working with schools or school-aged children to
				  support student learning, development, mental health, substance abuse, and
				  health-related activities with no more than one member representing an
				  institution of higher education;
(G) one representative working in a school as
				  a physical educator or physical education administrator with certification as a
				  physical educator;
(H) one
				  representative working in a school as a health educator or health education
				  administrator with certification as a health educator; and
(I) one representative working in the school
				  setting as part of the district's school nutrition program.