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1		-	H.B. No. 3884
	1	+	By: Wilson (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3884
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
	3	+	May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Education; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to dissemination of bacterial meningitis information by
6	12		school districts.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Sections 38.0025(a) and (c), Education Code, are
9	15		amended to read as follows:
10	16		(a) The Department of State Health Services [agency] shall
11	17		prescribe procedures by which each school district shall provide
12	18		information relating to bacterial meningitis to its students and
13	19		their parents each school year. The procedures must ensure that the
14	20		information is reasonably likely to come to the attention of the
15	21		parents of each student. The department [agency] shall prescribe
16	22		the form and content of the information. The information must
17	23		cover:
18	24		(1) the symptoms of the disease, how it may be
19	25		diagnosed, and its possible consequences if untreated;
20	26		(2) how the disease is transmitted, how it may be
21	27		prevented, and the relative risk of contracting the disease for
22	28		primary and secondary school students;
23	29		(3) the availability and effectiveness of vaccination
24	30		against and treatment for the disease, and a brief description of
25	31		the risks and possible side effects of vaccination; and
26	32		(4) sources of additional information regarding the
27	33		disease, including any appropriate office of the school district
28	34		and the appropriate office of the department [Texas Department of
29	35		Health].
30	36		(c) A school district, with the written consent of the
31	37		Department of State Health Services [agency], may provide the
32	38		information required by this section to its students and their
33	39		parents by a method different from the method prescribed by the
34	40		department [agency] under Subsection (a) if the department [agency]
35	41		determines that method would be effective in bringing the
36	42		information to the attention of the parents of each student.
37	43		SECTION 2. Section 38.0025(b), Education Code, is repealed.
38	44		SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
39	45		school year.
40	46		SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
41	47		of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall develop
42	48		the procedures under Section 38.0025, Education Code, as amended by
43	49		this Act.
44	50		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
45	51		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
46	52		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
47	53		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
48	54		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
49		-	______________________________ ______________________________
50		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
51		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3884 was passed by the House on May 3,
52		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not
53		-	voting.
54		-	______________________________
55		-	Chief Clerk of the House
56		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3884 was passed by the Senate on May
57		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Secretary of the Senate
60		-	APPROVED: _____________________
61		-	Date
62		-	_____________________
63		-	Governor
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