By: Toth H.B. No. 962
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to required submission of vaccine injury reports to the
federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0103 to read as follows:
Sec. 161.0103. REQUIRED REPORT OF VACCINE INJURIES AND
ADVERSE EVENTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a health care
provider shall report each potential vaccine-related injury of a
patient the provider treats, including any adverse event following
vaccination, to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.