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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to informed consent to immunizations for children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 32.102(a) and (c), Family Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Before administering an immunization to a child, a |
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health care provider must obtain the informed consent of a [A] |
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person authorized to consent to [the] immunization of the [a] child |
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[has the responsibility to ensure that the consent, if given, is an |
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informed consent]. The person authorized to consent is not |
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required to be present when [the] immunization of the child is |
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requested if a consent form that meets the requirements of Section |
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32.002 has been given to the health care provider. |
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(c) As part of the information given in the counseling for |
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informed consent, the health care provider shall provide |
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[information to inform] the person authorized to consent to |
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immunization information regarding: |
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(1) the benefits and risks of immunization, including |
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any vaccine information statement required by the National |
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Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et |
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seq.); |
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(2) [of] the procedures available under the National |
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Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et |
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seq.) to seek possible recovery for unreimbursed expenses for |
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certain injuries arising out of the administration of certain |
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vaccines; and |
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(3) the vaccine excipient and media summary published |
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by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for each |
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immunization to be administered. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |