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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a school-based influenza |
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vaccination pilot program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Department of State Health Services and |
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the Texas Education Agency shall jointly establish a school-based |
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influenza vaccination pilot program using both killed vaccine and |
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live attenuated vaccine in: |
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(1) a school district with a student population that |
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is at least 90 percent economically disadvantaged and is located in |
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a home-rule municipality with a population of more than 1.1 million |
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that relies on a sole source aquifer for more than 50 percent of the |
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municipality's water; and |
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(2) a rural school district. |
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(b) The Department of State Health Services shall convene a |
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working group to plan the school-based influenza vaccination pilot |
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program established under this section. The working group shall |
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include representatives from: |
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(1) the Texas Pediatric Society; |
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(2) the Texas Academy of Family Practice; |
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(3) a manufacturer of killed influenza vaccine; |
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(4) a manufacturer of live attenuated influenza |
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vaccine; |
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(5) each school district in which the pilot program |
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will operate; |
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(6) the Texas Education Agency; and |
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(7) the state Medicaid medical director. |
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(c) Not later than January 1, 2009, the Department of State |
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Health Services and the Texas Education Agency shall submit to the |
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governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and presiding officers of each standing committee |
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of the legislature with jurisdiction over the department and the |
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agency a jointly written report containing the results and the |
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recommendations of the department and the agency to continue, |
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expand, or terminate the school-based influenza vaccination pilot |
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program. |
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(d) The Department of State Health Services and the Texas |
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Education Agency may seek, receive, and spend money received |
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through an appropriation, grant, donation, or reimbursement from |
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any public or private source to implement the school-based |
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influenza vaccination pilot program. |
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SECTION 2. This Act expires September 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |