Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1029 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R4902 AJZ-D
2	2	By: Zedler H.B. No. 1029
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to informed consent to immunizations for children.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Sections 32.102(a) and (c), Family Code, are
10	10	amended to read as follows:
11	11	(a) Before administering an immunization to a child, a
12	12	health care provider must obtain the informed consent of a [A]
13	13	person authorized to consent to [the] immunization of the [a] child
14	14	[has the responsibility to ensure that the consent, if given, is an
15	15	informed consent]. The person authorized to consent is not
16	16	required to be present when [the] immunization of the child is
17	17	requested if a consent form that meets the requirements of Section
18	18	32.002 has been given to the health care provider.
19	19	(c) As part of the information given in the counseling for
20	20	informed consent, the health care provider shall provide
21	21	[information to inform] the person authorized to consent to
22	22	immunization information regarding:
23	23	(1) the benefits and risks of immunization, including
24	24	any vaccine information statement required by the National
25	25	Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et
26	26	seq.);
27	27	(2) [of] the procedures available under the National
28	28	Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et
29	29	seq.) to seek possible recovery for unreimbursed expenses for
30	30	certain injuries arising out of the administration of certain
31	31	vaccines; and
32	32	(3) the vaccine excipient and media summary published
33	33	by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for each
34	34	immunization to be administered.
35	35	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.