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55.002 Comprehensive School Health Education in All School Districts

55.002

Comprehensive School Health Education in All School Districts: The Texas Medical Association believes the Texas Education Agency should have statutory authority to require comprehensive school health education in all school districts of the state, and that the process should begin with implementation of the TEA-developed modules on physical education, nutrition, substance use, and sexuality (Council on Public Health, p 104-107, I-90; amended CM-CAH Rep. 2-A-01; reaffirmed CM-CAH Rep. 4-A-10).

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October 07, 2016

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Texas Medicine continues its coverage of COVID-19, looking to what lies ahead for physicians who adopted telemedicine during the pandemic thanks largely to more flexible regulations and payment policies that made the technology transition possible. Those same physicians may continue to rely on telemedicine as they reopen their practices to an influx of patients with neglected health conditions as resources pour into fighting the pandemic and scared patients chose not to come to their doctors’ offices. 

 

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