1-1     By:  Nelson                                            S.B. No. 280
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 18, 2001; January 22, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
 1-4     Services; April 9, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to requiring the Texas Department of Health to prepare a
 1-9     request for information for storing and distributing vaccines.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  (a)  In this Act, "vaccines for children program"
1-12     means the program operated by the Texas Department of Health under
1-13     authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396s, as amended.
1-14           (b)  The Texas Department of Health shall develop a request
1-15     for information to obtain information from private entities to
1-16     determine whether a private entity could more effectively and
1-17     efficiently store and distribute the vaccinations used in the
1-18     vaccines for children program.
1-19           (c)  The Texas Department of Health shall develop and
1-20     distribute the request for information not later than January 1,
1-21     2002.
1-22           (d)  This Act expires September 1, 2002.
1-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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