84R3636 LED-F
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 608
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to vaccines authorized under the adult safety net
vaccination program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 161.01035(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall ensure that eligible health care
providers participating in the vaccines for children program or the
adult safety net vaccination program may select any licensed
vaccine, including combination vaccines and any dosage forms that:
(1) are recommended by the federal Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices; and
(2) are made available to the department by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States
Public Health Service[; and
[(3) for adult vaccines, are on the
department-approved list of vaccines offered by the adult safety
net vaccination program].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.