| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to the content of certain immunization records and of |
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| 6 | 8 | | certain biennial legislative reports on immunizations issued by the |
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| 7 | 9 | | Department of State Health Services. |
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| 8 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 161.0074, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 12 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 13 | | (d) If a public health disaster was declared under Chapter |
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| 12 | 14 | | 81 during the preceding two years, in addition to the information |
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| 13 | 15 | | required under Subsection (c), for immunizations that immunize an |
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| 14 | 16 | | individual against the communicable disease subject to the |
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| 15 | 17 | | declaration the report must: |
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| 16 | 18 | | (1) include information by county on the accessibility |
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| 17 | 19 | | to the immunizations of county residents by age, race, and |
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| 18 | 20 | | geographic location, provided the information does not personally |
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| 19 | 21 | | identify any individual; |
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| 20 | 22 | | (2) identify and assess disparities in access to the |
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| 21 | 23 | | immunizations by age, race, and geographic location, including an |
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| 22 | 24 | | assessment of immunization accessibility in each county; |
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| 23 | 25 | | (3) include the estimated economic benefit to this |
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| 24 | 26 | | state of reducing disparities in immunization accessibility; |
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| 25 | 27 | | (4) include recommendations for reducing disparities |
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| 26 | 28 | | in immunization accessibility; and |
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| 27 | 29 | | (5) include recommendations for legislative action to |
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| 28 | 30 | | increase immunization rates. |
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| 29 | 31 | | SECTION 2. Section 161.008, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 30 | 32 | | amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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| 31 | 33 | | (b-1) An immunization record provided by a health care |
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| 32 | 34 | | provider as required by Section 161.00705 for inclusion in the |
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| 33 | 35 | | immunization registry during a public health disaster declared |
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| 34 | 36 | | under Chapter 81 must contain the race, age, ethnicity, and county |
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| 35 | 37 | | of residence of the individual immunized. This subsection applies |
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| 36 | 38 | | only to immunizations that immunize an individual against the |
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| 37 | 39 | | communicable disease subject to the declaration. |
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| 38 | 40 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 39 | 41 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 40 | 42 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 41 | 43 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 42 | 44 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 43 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 44 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 45 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1353 passed the Senate on |
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| 46 | | - | May 3, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. |
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| 47 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 49 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1353 passed the House on |
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| 50 | | - | May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 44, two |
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| 51 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 52 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 54 | | - | Approved: |
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| 55 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | | - | Date |
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| 57 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 58 | | - | Governor |
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