85R2316 LED-D
By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 2008
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to claiming an exemption from required immunizations for
public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 161.0041(d), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) The department shall develop a blank affidavit form to
be used by a person claiming an exemption from a required
immunization and make that form available on the department's
Internet website and in all public schools [that contains a seal or
other security device to prevent reproduction of the form]. The
affidavit form shall contain a statement indicating that the person
or, if a minor, the person's parent, managing conservator, or
guardian understands the benefits and risks of immunizations and
the benefits and risks of not being immunized.
SECTION 2. Sections 161.0041(c) and (e), Health and Safety
Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall modify
the existing affidavit form required by Section 161.0041, Health
and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 5. 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, 2017.