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State Status/Date Level Summary
GASigned into law 05/2012P-12Requires early care and education programs to annually provide parents with specified information on the influenza vaccine. Provides nothing shall be construed to require any early care and education program to provide or pay for influenza immunizations. http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20112012/126270.pdf
Title: H.B. 845
Source: www.legis.ga.gov

TXAdopted 11/2011P-12Renames nutrition outreach and education programs and clarifies eligibility requirements for both programs. One program is now "Expanding the 3E's Grant Program" (former "Established Nutrition Education Practices for Public Schools Grant Program"); the other is now "Establishing the 3E's Grant Program" (former "Nutrition Education Grant Program"). §§26.42 -26.45, 26.52, 26.53, and 26.55 are adopted as published in the September 2, 2011 Texas Register (pages 6-7 of 134): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0902/0902prop.pdf. Sections 26.40, 26.41 and 26.51 are adopted as published in the November 25, 2011 Texas Register (pages 1-2 of 94): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1125/1125adop.pdf
Title: 4 TAC 26.40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 55
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us

MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Establishes a permanent Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program ("the Program") in the state Department of Education for the purpose of lending hearing aids on a temporary basis to a parent or legal guaridan of an eligible child to ensure that children under the age of 3 years will have maximum hearing during the critical period of language learning. Specifies criteria for eligibility under the Program and directs the state board of education to adopt specified Program regulations. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb1013t.pdf
Title: H.B. 1013
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us

WYSigned into law 03/2007P-12Allows funds to be appropriated for developmental preschool mental health or social-emotional development services and training. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/SF0034.pdf
Title: S.B. 34
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm

CASigned into law 08/2000P-12Relates to existing law which states the intent of the Legislature to establish a comprehensive, continuous, community-linked, and school-based program, to be known as the Cal-SAFE Program, that focuses on youth development and dropout prevention for pregnant and parenting pupils and on child care and development services for their children.
Title: S.B. 541
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet