87R8404 EAS-F
 
  By: Cason H.B. No. 2968
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to informed consent to immunizations for children.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 32.102(a) and (c), Family Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Before administering an immunization to a child, a
  health care provider must obtain the informed consent of a [A]
  person authorized to consent to [the] immunization of the [a] child
  [has the responsibility to ensure that the consent, if given, is an
  informed consent]. The person authorized to consent is not
  required to be present when [the] immunization of the child is
  requested if a consent form that meets the requirements of Section
  32.002 has been given to the health care provider.
         (c)  As part of the information given in the counseling for
  informed consent, the health care provider shall provide
  [information to inform] the person authorized to consent to
  immunization information regarding:
               (1)  the benefits and risks of immunization, including
  any vaccine information statement required by the National
  Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et
  seq.);
               (2)  [of] the procedures available under the National
  Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et
  seq.) to seek possible recovery for unreimbursed expenses for
  certain injuries arising out of the administration of certain
  vaccines; and
               (3)  the vaccine excipient and media summary published
  by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for each
  immunization to be administered.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.