82R9026 KSD-F
 
  By: Howard of Fort Bend H.B. No. 1816
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of
  first-time students at public and private or independent
  institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 51.9192(b), (c), and (e), Education
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  This section applies only to a first-time student of an
  institution of higher education or private or independent
  institution of higher education, including a transfer student[, who
  resides in, or has applied for on-campus housing and been approved
  to reside in, an on-campus dormitory or other on-campus student
  housing facility at the institution].
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a student to whom
  this section applies or a parent or guardian of the student must
  provide to the institution, at the time and in the manner prescribed
  by rules adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board,
  a certificate signed by a health practitioner evidencing that the
  student has received a [been vaccinated against] bacterial
  meningitis vaccination dose or booster during the five-year period
  preceding the date established by the coordinating board under
  Subsection (e).
         (e)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
  consultation with institutions of higher education and private or
  independent institutions of higher education, shall adopt rules for
  the administration of this section, including rules establishing
  the date by which a student who is required to comply with
  Subsection (c) must have received the vaccination required by that
  subsection, which may not be later than the 10th day before the
  first day of the semester or other term in which the student
  initially enrolls [the date the student initially moves into an
  on-campus dormitory or other on-campus student housing facility at
  an institution].
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
  51.9192, Education Code, apply only to first-time students
  enrolling in public or private or independent institutions of
  higher education in this state on or after January 1, 2012.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.