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Senate Bill 1107 |
Senate Author: Davis et al. |
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Effective: 5-27-11 |
House Sponsor: Howard, Charlie |
Previous law established requirements relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis for a first-time student, including certain transfer students, of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education who resides or will reside in an on-campus student housing facility. Senate Bill 1107 amends the Education Code to specify that those requirements apply to an entering student, which includes a new student and a student who previously attended such institutions of higher education before January 1, 2012, and who is enrolling in the same or another institution following a break in enrollment of at least one fall or spring semester. The bill exempts from the immunization requirements a student who is enrolled only in online or other long-distance education courses or who is 30 years of age or older. The bill clarifies the evidence of bacterial meningitis vaccination dose or booster required to be provided to the institution by an applicable student and establishes a requirement that an institution provide written notice of a student's right to claim exemption from the immunization requirement under certain circumstances and the importance of consulting with a physician about the need for the immunization. The bill prohibits the date by which applicable students are required to provide the institution with evidence of the vaccination from being later than the 10th day before the first day of the semester or other term in which the student initially enrolls and provides for an extension of that compliance date.