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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the possession and administration of certain vaccines |
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by a home and community support services agency or its employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 142.0062(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A home and community support services agency or its |
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employees who are registered nurses or licensed vocational nurses |
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may purchase, store, or transport for the purpose of administering |
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to the agency's employees, home health or hospice patients, or |
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patient family members under physician's standing orders the |
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following dangerous drugs: |
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(1) hepatitis B vaccine; |
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(2) influenza vaccine; |
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(3) tuberculin purified protein derivative for |
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tuberculosis testing; [and] |
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(4) pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; and |
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(5) any other vaccine approved, authorized for |
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emergency use, or otherwise permitted for use by the United States |
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Food and Drug Administration to treat or mitigate the spread of a |
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communicable disease, as defined by Section 81.003. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |