By: Janek  S.B. No. 811
         (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2007; March 7, 2007,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
  Services; April 4, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 4, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to requiring the Department of State Health Services to
  allow health care providers to use certain vaccines in the vaccines
  for children program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0102 to read as follows:
         Sec. 161.0102.  VACCINES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM.  (a)  In this
  section, "vaccines for children program" means the program operated
  by the department under authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396s, as
  amended.
         (b)  The department shall allow each health care provider
  participating in the vaccines for children program to:
               (1)  select influenza vaccines from the list of all
  influenza vaccines that are:
                     (A)  approved by the United States Food and Drug
  Administration;
                     (B)  recommended by the federal Advisory
  Committee on Immunization Practices; and
                     (C)  made available under contract with the
  Centers for Disease Control of the United States Public Health
  Service; and
               (2)  use both trivalent influenza virus and live,
  attenuated influenza vaccines.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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