Sec. 38.060. COORDINATION WITH EXISTING PROVIDERS IN CERTAIN AREAS

(a) This section applies only to a school-based health center serving an area that:

(1) is located in a county with a population not greater than 50,000; or

(2) has been designated under state or federal law as:

(A) a health professional shortage area;

(B) a medically underserved area; or

(C) a medically underserved community by the Texas Department of Rural Affairs.

(b) If a school-based health center is located in an area described by Subsection (a), the school district and the advisory council established under Section 38.058 shall make a good faith effort to identify and coordinate with existing providers to preserve and protect existing health care systems and medical relationships in the area.

(c) The council shall keep a record of efforts made to coordinate with existing providers.

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; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 9.006(f), eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 , Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.