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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to educating parents about the benefits of immunizing |
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certain children against influenza. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 161.0101, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The department shall work to increase immunization |
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awareness and participation among parents of children in child-care |
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facilities, as defined by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code, in |
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the state's early childhood vaccination program by publishing on |
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the department's website information about the benefits of annual |
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immunization against influenza for children aged six months to five |
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years. The department shall work with the Department of Family and |
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Protective Services and with child-care facilities to ensure that |
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the information is annually distributed to parents in August or |
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September. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |