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Amend CSHB 2292 by inserting the following SECTIONS, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the 
bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0045 to read as follows:
	Sec. 161.0045.  INFORMATION ON IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN; 
DUTIES OF HOSPITALS AND BIRTHING CENTERS.  (a)  Before a newborn 
child is discharged after birth from a birthing center licensed 
under Chapter 244 or a hospital, the birthing center or hospital 
shall provide to the child's parent, managing conservator, or 
guardian an informational pamphlet describing immunizations 
available to protect the child from disease.  A physician or 
certified nurse-midwife that attends the birth of a child outside 
of a birthing center or hospital shall provide a pamphlet to the 
child's parent, managing conservator, or guardian as soon as 
practicable following the birth of the child.  An employee or 
volunteer of the birthing center or hospital, the physician, the 
certified nurse-midwife, or an employee or volunteer on behalf of 
the physician or certified nurse-midwife shall personally deliver a 
pamphlet to the child's parent, managing conservator, or guardian.
	(b)  The department shall develop the informational pamphlet 
required by this section.
	(c)  The informational pamphlet must describe:                          
		(1)  the diseases for which the child may be immunized;                
		(2)  the appropriate schedule for administration of the 
immunizations to the child;
		(3)  the reasons the immunizations would be beneficial 
for the child;
		(4)  the potential risks and contraindications of the 
immunizations; 
		(5)  how to report a vaccine reaction to the federal 
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System;
		(6)  the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 
of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, 
contact information for the program, and the applicable statute of 
limitations for filing a claim under the program;
		(7)  any other information a parent, managing 
conservator, or guardian needs to make an informed consent to the 
immunizations; and
		(8)  the immunization registry.                                        
	(d)  The department shall distribute the informational 
pamphlet to hospitals having a maternity unit, birthing centers, 
physicians, and certified nurse-midwives.
	(e)  The Office of Early Childhood Coordination of the Health 
and Human Services Commission shall coordinate funding for the 
development, publication, and distribution of the informational 
pamphlet.  The development, publication, and distribution of the 
pamphlet may be funded through means other than appropriations, 
which may include gifts and grants and sale of sponsorship or 
advertising.
	(f)  A hospital or birthing center may use an alternative 
pamphlet that provides basic immunization information.
	SECTION ____.  Section 531.285, Government Code,  is amended 
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The office shall coordinate funding for the 
development, publication, and distribution of the informational 
pamphlet relating to immunization of children as required by 
Section 161.0045, Health and Safety Code.
	SECTION ____.  Not later than January 1, 2004, the Texas 
Department of Health shall make available the informational 
pamphlet described by Section 161.0045, Health and Safety Code, as 
added by this Act.  In developing the informational pamphlet, the 
department may consider material contained in informational 
pamphlets previously prepared by the department and may use 
information previously compiled and available to the department.