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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study and report of the feasibility of establishing a |
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school-based influenza 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 conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a |
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school-based influenza vaccination pilot program. |
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(b) The feasibility study must: |
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(1) examine the costs and benefits of establishing a |
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school-based influenza vaccination pilot program in: |
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(A) a school district with a student population |
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that is at least 90 percent economically disadvantaged and is |
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located in a home-rule municipality with a population of more than |
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1.1 million that relies on a sole source aquifer for more than 50 |
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percent of the municipality's water; and |
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(B) a rural school district; |
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(2) identify any barriers to implementing the |
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school-based influenza vaccination pilot program and recommend |
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strategies for removing the barriers; and |
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(3) determine the fiscal impact to this state of the |
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proposed pilot program. |
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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 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 findings of the |
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feasibility study and the department's recommendations. |
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(d) Pending the study and report of the feasibility of a |
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school-based influenza vaccination pilot program, the Department |
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of State Health Services may seek, receive, and spend money |
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received through an appropriation, grant, donation, or |
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reimbursement from any public or private source to implement the |
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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. |