88R279 MM-D
By: Johnson S.B. No. 641
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public
school students.
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) Each student shall be fully immunized against
bacterial meningitis, except as provided by Subsection (c). To
satisfy the requirement of this subsection, a student must show
proof of a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine and a
booster dose of that vaccine in accordance with the recommended
immunization schedule adopted by the Department of State Health
Services, as well as any additional vaccine recommended for the
prevention of bacterial meningitis 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, 2024, 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 2024-2025 school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.