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