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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing information regarding immunization |
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requirements for admission to public elementary and secondary |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.019, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (a-1) and adding Subsections (c) and |
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(d) to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district that maintains an Internet website |
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shall post prominently on the website: |
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(1) a list, in English and Spanish, of: |
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(A) the immunizations required for admission to |
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public school by rules of the Department of State Health Services |
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adopted under Section 38.001; |
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(B) any immunizations or vaccines recommended |
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for public school students by the Department of State Health |
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Services; and |
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(C) health clinics in the district that offer the |
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influenza vaccine, to the extent those clinics are known to the |
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district; and |
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(2) a direct link to the Department of State Health |
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Services Internet website where a person may obtain information on |
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exemptions from immunizations required for admission to an |
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elementary or secondary school as provided by Section 38.001, |
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including [relating to] the procedures for claiming an exemption |
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from the immunization requirements [of Section 38.001]. |
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(a-1) The link to the Department of State Health Services |
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Internet website provided under Subsection (a)(2) must be presented |
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in the same manner, including the same font style and size, as the |
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information provided under Subsection (a)(1). |
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(c) If a school district provides written notice or other |
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written information relating to immunizations required for |
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admission to an elementary or secondary school as provided by |
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Section 38.001, the district shall include: |
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(1) specific information on exemptions from the |
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required immunizations; and |
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(2) the direct link to the Department of State Health |
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Services Internet website described by Subsection (a)(2). |
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(d) The information provided under Subsections (c)(1) and |
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(2) must be presented in the same manner, including the same font |
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style and size, as the other information provided on immunizations. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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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, 2017. |