86R12729 AAF-F
By: Powell S.B. No. 2295
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of educational materials regarding
disease prevention during a disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.1861 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.1861. DISEASE PREVENTION INFORMATION IN
DISASTERS. (a) In this section, "department" means the Department
of State Health Services.
(b) The department shall develop and implement a disease
prevention information system for dissemination of immunization
information during a disaster.
(c) During a declared state of disaster or local state of
disaster, the department shall ensure that educational materials
regarding immunizations are available to local health authorities
in this state for distribution to the following:
(1) schools;
(2) child-care facilities as defined by Section
42.002, Human Resources Code; and
(3) community centers offering youth services and
programs.
(d) The educational materials under Subsection (c) must
include:
(1) the most recent immunization schedules by age as
recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention; and
(2) locations, if any, of local providers offering
immunizations.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable, but not later than August
31, 2020, the Department of State Health Services shall implement
the disease prevention information system as required by Section
418.1861, Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.