88R12213 MCF-F
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 4731
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of an advanced practice registered nurse
to sign a health exception to an immunization requirement for
school admission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.001(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Immunization is not required for a person's admission to
any elementary or secondary school if the person applying for
admission:
(1) submits to the admitting official:
(A) an affidavit or a certificate signed by a
physician who is duly registered and licensed to practice medicine
in the United States or an advanced practice registered nurse who is
licensed to practice advanced practice registered nursing in the
United States[,] in which it is stated that, in the physician's or
advanced practice registered nurse's opinion, the immunization
required poses a significant risk to the health and well-being of
the applicant or any member of the applicant's family or household;
or
(B) an affidavit signed by the applicant or, if a
minor, by the applicant's parent or guardian stating that the
applicant declines immunization for reasons of conscience,
including a religious belief; or
(2) is a member of the armed forces of the United
States and is on active duty.
SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2023.