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| 1 | 1 | 84R1996 KSD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Watson S.B. No. 298 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public | |
| 8 | 8 | school students. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 38.001, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) Each student shall be fully immunized against | |
| 13 | 13 | bacterial meningitis, except as provided by Subsection (c). To | |
| 14 | 14 | satisfy the requirement of this subsection, a student must show | |
| 15 | 15 | proof of a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine and a | |
| 16 | 16 | booster dose in accordance with the recommended immunization | |
| 17 | 17 | schedule adopted by the Department of State Health Services. The | |
| 18 | 18 | executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission | |
| 19 | 19 | shall adopt rules for the implementation of this subsection. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2015, the executive | |
| 21 | 21 | commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | |
| 22 | 22 | adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 38.001(a-1), | |
| 23 | 23 | Education Code, as added by this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. Section 38.001(a-1), Education Code, as added by | |
| 25 | 25 | this Act, applies beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect October 1, 2015. |