86R20549 KJE-D
By: Beckley, Howard, Turner of Tarrant, H.B. No. 4068
Sheffield
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4068:
By: Sheffield C.S.H.B. No. 4068
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public
school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.001, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each student
shall be fully immunized against bacterial meningitis in accordance
with the most recent recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall adopt rules for the implementation of
this subsection.
SECTION 2. Not later than June 1, 2020, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 38.001(a-1),
Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. Section 38.001(a-1), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.