| 1 | 1 | | 88R3319 LRM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guerra H.B. No. 1063 |
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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 content of certain biennial legislative reports on |
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| 8 | 8 | | immunizations issued by the Department of State Health Services. |
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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 161.0074(d), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) In [If a public health disaster was declared under |
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| 13 | 13 | | Chapter 81 during the preceding two years, in] addition to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | information required under Subsection (c), for immunizations that |
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| 15 | 15 | | immunize an individual against a [the] communicable disease |
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| 16 | 16 | | [subject to the declaration] the report must: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) include information by county on the accessibility |
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| 18 | 18 | | to the immunizations of county residents by age, race, disability, |
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| 19 | 19 | | and geographic location, provided the information does not |
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| 20 | 20 | | personally identify any individual; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) identify and assess disparities in access to the |
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| 22 | 22 | | immunizations by age, race, disability, and geographic location, |
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| 23 | 23 | | including an assessment of immunization accessibility in each |
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| 24 | 24 | | county; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) include the estimated economic benefit to this |
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| 26 | 26 | | state of reducing disparities in immunization accessibility; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) include recommendations for reducing disparities |
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| 28 | 28 | | in immunization accessibility; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (5) include recommendations for legislative action to |
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| 30 | 30 | | increase immunization rates. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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