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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the content of certain biennial legislative reports on |
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immunizations issued by the Department of State Health Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 161.0074(d), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) In [If a public health disaster was declared under |
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Chapter 81 during the preceding two years, in] addition to the |
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information required under Subsection (c), for immunizations that |
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immunize an individual against a [the] communicable disease |
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[subject to the declaration] the report must: |
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(1) include information by county on the accessibility |
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to the immunizations of county residents by age, race, disability, |
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and geographic location, provided the information does not |
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personally identify any individual; |
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(2) identify and assess disparities in access to the |
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immunizations by age, race, disability, and geographic location, |
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including an assessment of immunization accessibility in each |
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county; |
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(3) include the estimated economic benefit to this |
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state of reducing disparities in immunization accessibility; |
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(4) include recommendations for reducing disparities |
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in immunization accessibility; and |
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(5) include recommendations for legislative action to |
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increase immunization rates. |
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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, 2023. |