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| 1 | 1 | 86R11360 LED-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Guerra H.B. No. 2067 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to influenza information for residents of assisted living | |
| 8 | 8 | facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 247.026, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsections (j) and (k) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (j) The executive commissioner shall require each assisted | |
| 13 | 13 | living facility to provide educational information regarding | |
| 14 | 14 | influenza to each resident of the facility not later than September | |
| 15 | 15 | 1 of each year. The educational information must include: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) the risks associated with influenza; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) the latest influenza vaccination recommendations | |
| 18 | 18 | of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the federal | |
| 19 | 19 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) the availability, effectiveness, and known | |
| 21 | 21 | contraindications of the influenza vaccine; | |
| 22 | 22 | (4) the causes and symptoms of influenza; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (5) the means by which influenza is spread. | |
| 24 | 24 | (k) The executive commissioner may not require an assisted | |
| 25 | 25 | living facility to provide or pay for an influenza vaccination. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |