Amend HB 4272 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 5, strike "Section 161.007(a), Health and Safety Code, is" and substitute "Sections 161.007(a) and (a-1), Health and Safety Code, are".
(2) On page 2, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
(a-1) The written or electronic consent required by Subsection (a)(3) for an individual [younger than 18 years of age] is required to be obtained only one time. The written or electronic consent of the individual, or, for a minor child, the individual's parent, managing conservator, or guardian must be submitted to the department [before the individual's 18th birthday]. After consent is submitted, the individual's immunization information may be included in the registry [until the individual becomes 26 years of age] unless the consent is withdrawn in writing or electronically[, or renewed after the individual's 18th birthday as provided by Subsection (a-2)]. A parent, managing conservator, or guardian of a minor may provide the consent by using an electronic signature on the minor's birth certificate.
(3) On page 2, line 12, strike "and (f-3)" and substitute "(f-3), and (g)".
(4) Strike page 2, lines 17 through 22 and substitute the following:
(e) The [executive commissioner by rule shall determine the] period during which the information collected under this section must remain in the immunization registry following the end of the disaster is seven years[, public health emergency, terrorist attack, hostile military or paramilitary action, or extraordinary law enforcement emergency].
(5) On page 3, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
(g) Consent for inclusion in the immunization registry obtained under 161.007(a-1) shall meet the consent requirements of Subsection (f).
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 161.00735(e), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(e) The [executive commissioner by rule shall determine the] period during which the information collected under Subsection (c) must remain in the immunization registry following the end of the disaster is seven years.
SECTION ____. Sections 161.007(a-2), (a-3), (a-4), (a-5), and (a-6), Health and Safety Code, are repealed.