By: Nelson S.B. No. 281 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring the Texas Department of Health to allow 1-3 health care providers to use certain vaccines in the federal 1-4 vaccines for children program. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety 1-7 Code, is amended by adding Section 161.010 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 161.010. VACCINES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM. (a) In this 1-9 section, "federal vaccines for children program" means the federal 1-10 program operated by the department under authority of 42 U.S.C. 1-11 Section 1396s, as amended. 1-12 (b) The department shall allow each health care provider 1-13 participating in the federal vaccines for children program to: 1-14 (1) select vaccines from the list of all vaccines that 1-15 are recommended and approved by the federal advisory committee on 1-16 immunization practices and under contract with the Centers for 1-17 Disease Control of the United States Public Health Service; and 1-18 (2) use combination vaccines. 1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.