| 1 | 1 | | 87R9382 SRA-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Buckingham S.B. No. 816 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the possession and administration of certain vaccines |
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| 8 | 8 | | by a home and community support services agency or its employees. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 142.0062(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A home and community support services agency or its |
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| 13 | 13 | | employees who are registered nurses or licensed vocational nurses |
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| 14 | 14 | | may purchase, store, or transport for the purpose of administering |
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| 15 | 15 | | to the agency's employees, home health or hospice patients, or |
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| 16 | 16 | | patient family members under physician's standing orders the |
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| 17 | 17 | | following dangerous drugs: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) hepatitis B vaccine; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) influenza vaccine; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) tuberculin purified protein derivative for |
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| 21 | 21 | | tuberculosis testing; [and] |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (5) any other vaccine approved by the United States |
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| 24 | 24 | | Food and Drug Administration to treat or mitigate the spread of a |
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| 25 | 25 | | communicable disease, as defined by Section 81.003. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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