87S30153 BDP-D
By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 38
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the immunization of public school students against the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.001, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) In addition to the immunizations required under
Subsection (a) and subject to Subsection (c), each student for whom
a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunization fully approved by the
United States Food and Drug Administration is available shall be
fully immunized against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To
satisfy the requirement of this subsection, a student must show
proof that the student is immunized in accordance with the
recommended immunization schedule adopted by the Department of
State Health Services based on guidelines and recommendations by
the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
shall adopt rules for the implementation of this subsection.
SECTION 2. Not later than June 1, 2022, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 38.001(a-1),
Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. Section 38.001(a-1), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.