89R5001 KRM-F
By: Lowe H.B. No. 3852
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing information regarding immunization
requirements for admission to public elementary and secondary
schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.019, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (a-1) and adding Subsections (c) and
(d) to read as follows:
(a) A school district that maintains an Internet website
shall post prominently on the website:
(1) a list, in English and Spanish, of[:
[(A)] the immunizations required for admission
to public school by rules of the Department of State Health Services
adopted under Section 38.001;
[(B) any immunizations or vaccines recommended
for public school students by the Department of State Health
Services; and
[(C) health clinics in the district that offer
the influenza vaccine, to the extent those clinics are known to the
district;] and
(2) a direct link to the Department of State Health
Services Internet website where a person may obtain information on
exemptions from immunizations required for admission to an
elementary or secondary school as provided by Section 38.001,
including [relating to] the procedures for claiming an exemption
from the immunization requirements [of Section 38.001].
(a-1) The link to the Department of State Health Services
Internet website provided under Subsection (a)(2) must be presented
in the same manner, including the same font style and size, as the
information provided under Subsection (a)(1).
(c) If a school district provides written notice or other
written information relating to immunizations required for
admission to an elementary or secondary school as provided by
Section 38.001, the district shall include:
(1) specific information on exemptions from the
required immunizations; and
(2) the direct link to the Department of State Health
Services Internet website described by Subsection (a)(2).
(d) The information provided under Subsections (c)(1) and
(2) must be presented in the same manner, including the same font
style and size, as the other information provided on immunizations.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2025.