| 1 | 1 | | 88R279 MM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Johnson S.B. No. 641 |
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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 vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public |
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| 8 | 8 | | school students. |
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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 38.001, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-1) Each student shall be fully immunized against |
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| 13 | 13 | | bacterial meningitis, except as provided by Subsection (c). To |
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| 14 | 14 | | satisfy the requirement of this subsection, a student must show |
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| 15 | 15 | | proof of a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine and a |
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| 16 | 16 | | booster dose of that vaccine in accordance with the recommended |
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| 17 | 17 | | immunization schedule adopted by the Department of State Health |
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| 18 | 18 | | Services, as well as any additional vaccine recommended for the |
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| 19 | 19 | | prevention of bacterial meningitis by the federal Centers for |
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| 20 | 20 | | Disease Control and Prevention. The executive commissioner of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules for the |
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| 22 | 22 | | implementation of this subsection. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Not later than June 1, 2024, the executive |
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| 24 | 24 | | commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall |
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| 25 | 25 | | adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 38.001(a-1), |
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| 26 | 26 | | Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. Section 38.001(a-1), Education Code, as added by |
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| 28 | 28 | | this Act, applies beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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