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| 1 | 1 | By: Middleton S.B. No. 407 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to vaccine exemptions for individuals covered under a | |
| 9 | 9 | vaccine preventable disease policy implemented by certain health | |
| 10 | 10 | care facilities. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 224.002(c), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (c) The policy shall[may] include procedures for a covered | |
| 15 | 15 | individual to be exempt from the required vaccines based on reasons | |
| 16 | 16 | of conscience, including a religious belief. A health care facility | |
| 17 | 17 | shall not reject an exemption based on reasons of conscience, | |
| 18 | 18 | including a religious belief, for any reason. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a | |
| 20 | 20 | vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |