Obesity

Bills that are relevant to obesity research taking place at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living can be viewed here.

Obesity
Bill #	Author	Status	Brief Description	Past Bills (2019)
HB 727	State Rep. Eddie Lucio III	Left pending in House committee - 3/10/21	The department will develop an initiative to reduce the adverse health impacts of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity for adults and children in border counties. The initiative must promote educational resources designed to prevent those conditions, screenings of persons at risk for those conditions, and referrals to and treatment by health care providers for those conditions. Companion Bill: SB 116
HB 1594	State Rep. Alma A. Allen	Referred to Public Education - 3/8/21	The Department of State Health Services School Health Advisory Committee established under Section 1001.0711, Health and Safety Code, shall develop model policies for the recess period during the school day that encourage constructive, age-appropriate outdoor playtime. The model policies must include guidelines for outdoor equipment and facilities on public school campuses that maximize the effectiveness of outdoor physical activity.
HB 2887	State Rep. James Talarico	Referred to Public Education - 3/18/21	A school district shall require a student enrolled in full-day prekindergarten, in kindergarten, or in a grade level below grade six to participate in moderate or vigorous daily physical activity for at least 30 minutes throughout the school year as part of the district's physical education curriculum or through structured activity during a school campus's daily recess.
HB 3299	State Rep. Steve Allison	Out of House Committee - 4/28/21	Each school district that offers kindergarten through grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum health, with emphasis on: (i) physical health, including the importance of proper nutrition and exercise
SB 116	State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.	Referred to Health & Human Services - 3/3/21	The department will develop an initiative to reduce the adverse health impacts of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity for adults and children in border counties. The initiative must promote educational resources designed to prevent those conditions, screenings of persons at risk for those conditions, and referrals to and treatment by health care providers for those conditions. Companion Bill: HB 727
SB 1049	State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.	Referred to Health & Human Services - 3/18/21	The department shall establish the childhood obesity prevention demonstration program and the chronic disease prevention demonstration program under this chapter in border counties with a population of less than 800,000 and more than 400,000.