Amend CSHB 1921 as follows:
(1) On page 4, line 2, strike "may" and substitute "shall".
(2) On page 4, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following
and reletter the subsequent subsections of amended Section 161.007,
Health and Safety Code, accordingly:
(g) The department shall provide instruction and education
to providers about the immunization registry provider application
and enrollment process. The department shall:
(1) initially target providers in the geographic
regions of the state with immunization rates below the state
average for preschool children; and
(2) expedite the processing of provider applications.
(3) On page 5, strike lines 24-27.
(4) On page 6, strike lines 1-10 and substitute the
following:
(b) On discovering that consent to be included in the
registry has not been granted, the department shall exclude the
child's immunization records from the registry and any other
registry-related department record that individually identifies
the child.
(c) On receipt of a written request to exclude a child's
immunization records from the registry, the department shall send
to a parent, managing conservator, or guardian who makes the
request a written confirmation of receipt of the request for
exclusion and shall exclude the child's records from the registry.
(d) The department commits a violation if the department
fails to exclude a child's immunization information from the
registry as required by Subsection (b) or (c).
(5) On page 6, line 15, strike "(b)" and substitute "(c)".
(6) On page 7, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
(c) The board shall develop rules to ensure that the
immunization history submitted by a parent, managing conservator,
or guardian is medically verified immunization information.
(7) On page 9, line 2, strike "and".
(8) On page 9, line 5, between "immunization" and the
period, insert the following:
;
(10) include department recommendations about the
best way to use, and communicate with, local registries in the
state; and
(11) include ways to increase provider participation
in the registry
(9) On page 10, line 15, between "department" and "that",
insert a comma.
(10) On page 10, line 19, strike the comma.
(11) On page 10, line 27, and page 11, line 1, strike
"individually identifiable".
(12) On page 11, line 2, between the semicolon and "or",
insert the following:
(2) fails to exclude a child's immunization
information in violation of Section 161.0071;
(13) On page 11, line 3, strike "(2)" and substitute "(3)
[(2)]".
(14) On page 11, line 3, strike "individually
identifiable".
(15) On page 11, strike lines 8-15 and substitute the
following:
SECTION 6. (a) As soon as practicable, but not later than
January 1, 2005, the Texas Board of Health shall adopt rules and
forms necessary to implement this Act.
(16) On page 11, line 27, and page 12, line 1, strike
"September 1, 2004" and substitute "January 1, 2005".