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| 1 | 1 | 87R9189 MCF-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Guerra H.B. No. 2312 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an immunization rate tracking system for employees and | |
| 8 | 8 | residents of certain long-term care facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0053 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 161.0053. IMMUNIZATION RATE TRACKING SYSTEM FOR | |
| 13 | 13 | LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "long-term care | |
| 14 | 14 | facility" means a facility licensed or regulated under Chapter 242, | |
| 15 | 15 | 247, or 252. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) A long-term care facility shall maintain a system to | |
| 17 | 17 | track the immunization rates of the facility's employees and | |
| 18 | 18 | residents. The system must include information on: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) the aggregate immunization rates of the facility's | |
| 20 | 20 | employees and residents; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) changes to the aggregate immunization rates | |
| 22 | 22 | described by Subdivision (1). | |
| 23 | 23 | (c) A long-term care facility on request shall provide the | |
| 24 | 24 | immunization rate data described by Subsection (b). The data | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by the facility may not in any manner identify an employee | |
| 26 | 26 | or resident. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |