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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the executive commissioner of the |
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Health and Human Services Commission to require immunization |
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against human papillomavirus for a person's admission to elementary |
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or secondary school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.001(b), Education Code, as amended by |
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Chapters 43 (H.B. 1098) and 94 (H.B. 1059), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Subject to Subsection [Subsections (b-1) and] (c), the |
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executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission |
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by rule adopted for the Department of State Health Services may |
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modify or delete any of the immunizations in Subsection (a) or may |
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require immunizations against additional diseases as a requirement |
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for admission to any elementary or secondary school. |
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SECTION 2. Section 38.001(b-1), Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 43 (H.B. 1098), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, is repealed. |
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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, 2009. |