87S20414 BDP-D
 
  By: Eckhardt, Blanco, Menéndez S.B. No. 86
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the immunization of public school students against the
  coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 38.001, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  In addition to the immunizations required under
  Subsection (a) and subject to Subsection (c), each student who is
  eligible to receive a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunization
  shall be fully immunized against the coronavirus disease
  (COVID-19). To satisfy the requirement of this subsection, a
  student must show proof that the student is immunized in accordance
  with the recommended immunization schedule adopted by the
  Department of State Health Services based on guidelines and
  recommendations by the federal Centers for Disease Control and
  Prevention. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall adopt rules for the implementation of
  this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than June 1, 2022, the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
  adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 38.001(a-1),
  Education Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  Section 38.001(a-1), Education Code, as added by
  this Act, applies beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.
         SECTION 4.  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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.