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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing home and hospice agencies to administer |
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certain vaccines. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 142.0062, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) read as follows: |
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Sec. 142.0062. POSSESSION OF CERTAIN VACCINES OR |
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TUBERCULIN. (a) A home and community support services agency or |
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its employees who are registered nurses or licensed vocational |
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nurses may purchase, store, or transport for the purpose of |
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administering to the agency's employees, home health or hospice |
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patients, or patient family members under physician's standing |
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orders the following dangerous drugs: |
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(1) hepatitis B vaccine; |
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(2) influenza vaccine; |
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(3) tuberculin purified protein derivative for |
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tuberculosis testing; and |
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(4) pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; and |
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(5) any FDA-approved vaccine created to treat or |
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mitigate the spread of a communicable disease. |
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SECTION 2. 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 votes necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |