86R11360 LED-F
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1681
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to influenza information for residents of assisted living
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 247.026, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsections (j) and (k) to read as follows:
(j) The executive commissioner shall require each assisted
living facility to provide educational information regarding
influenza to each resident of the facility not later than September
1 of each year. The educational information must include:
(1) the risks associated with influenza;
(2) the latest influenza vaccination recommendations
of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the federal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
(3) the availability, effectiveness, and known
contraindications of the influenza vaccine;
(4) the causes and symptoms of influenza; and
(5) the means by which influenza is spread.
(k) The executive commissioner may not require an assisted
living facility to provide or pay for an influenza vaccination.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.