84R5028 JSC-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2902
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to studies and reports on immunization exemptions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.0028 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.0028. IMMUNIZATION EXEMPTIONS AND VACCINE
PREVENTABLE DISEASE OUTBREAKS; REPORTING. (a) The Department of
State Health Services, using the required annual report submitted
by all schools under Section 38.002(c) and any other relevant
resources, shall create a biennial report on vaccination exemptions
and any outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases.
(b) The department shall make the report described by
Subsection (a) available on the department's Internet website not
later than December 1 of each even-numbered year.
SECTION 2. The Department of State Health Services shall
post the initial report required by Section 38.0028, Education
Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 1, 2016.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.