86R13862 EAS-D
By: Johnson S.B. No. 1911
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the information included in a foster child's health
passport.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 266.006(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The executive commissioner, in collaboration with the
commissioner, shall adopt rules specifying the information
required to be included in the passport. The required information
may include:
(1) the name and address of each of the child's
physicians and health care providers;
(2) a record of each visit to a physician or other
health care provider, including routine checkups conducted in
accordance with the Texas Health Steps program;
(3) an immunization record that may be exchanged with
ImmTrac;
(4) a list of the child's known health problems and
allergies;
(5) information on all medications prescribed to the
child in adequate detail to permit refill of prescriptions,
including the disease or condition that the medication treats;
[and]
(6) to the extent allowed by federal law, information
from the child's electronic health record, as defined by Section
32.201, Human Resources Code, including the child's medical
history, medical progress notes, and medication list; and
(7) any other available health history that physicians
and other health care providers who provide care for the child
determine is important.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.