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Texas House Bill HB4068

Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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2- By: Beckley, Howard, Turner of Tarrant, H.B. No. 4068
3- Sheffield
4- Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4068:
5- By: Sheffield C.S.H.B. No. 4068
1+86R11366 EAS-D
2+ By: Beckley H.B. No. 4068
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85 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
96 AN ACT
107 relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public
118 school students.
129 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1310 SECTION 1. Section 38.001, Education Code, is amended by
1411 adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
15- (a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each student
16- shall be fully immunized against bacterial meningitis in accordance
17- with the most recent recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
18- Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
19- Prevention. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
20- Services Commission shall adopt rules for the implementation of
21- this subsection.
22- SECTION 2. Not later than June 1, 2020, the executive
12+ (a-1) Each student shall be fully immunized against
13+ bacterial meningitis, except as provided by Subsection (c). To
14+ satisfy the requirement of this subsection, a student must show
15+ proof of a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine and a
16+ booster dose in accordance with the recommended immunization
17+ schedule adopted by the Department of State Health Services.
18+ SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, the executive
2319 commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
2420 adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 38.001(a-1),
2521 Education Code, as added by this Act.
2622 SECTION 3. Section 38.001(a-1), Education Code, as added by
2723 this Act, applies beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.
2824 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.