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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 |
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shall establish a school-based influenza vaccination pilot program |
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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 executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt rules to administer a school-based |
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influenza vaccination pilot program established under this |
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section. |
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(c) Not later than January 1, 2009, the Department of State |
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Health Services shall submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, |
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speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding officers of |
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each standing committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over |
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the department a written report containing the results and the |
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department's recommendations to continue, expand, or terminate the |
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program. |
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(d) The Department of State Health Services may seek, |
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receive, and spend money received through an appropriation, grant, |
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donation, or reimbursement from any public or private source to |
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implement the pilot program. |
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(e) This Act expires September 1, 2009. |
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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. |