1-1     By:  Nelson                                            S.B. No. 281
 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 10, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
 1-5     Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
 1-6     April 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 281                   By:  Carona
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to requiring the Texas Department of Health to allow
1-11     health care providers to use certain vaccines in the federal
1-12     vaccines for children program.
1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
1-15     Code, is amended by adding Section 161.010 to read as follows:
1-16           Sec. 161.010.  VACCINES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM.  (a)  In this
1-17     section, "federal vaccines for children program" means the federal
1-18     program operated by the department under authority of 42 U.S.C.
1-19     Section 1396s, as amended.
1-20           (b)  The department shall allow each health care provider
1-21     participating in the federal vaccines for children program to:
1-22                 (1)  select vaccines from the list of all vaccines that
1-23     are recommended and approved by the federal advisory committee on
1-24     immunization practices and under contract with the Centers for
1-25     Disease Control of the United States Public Health Service; and
1-26                 (2)  use combination vaccines.
1-27           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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