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AN ACT
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relating to the content of certain immunization records and of |
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certain biennial legislative reports on immunizations issued by the |
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Department of State Health Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 161.0074, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) If a public health disaster was declared under Chapter |
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81 during the preceding two years, in addition to the information |
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required under Subsection (c), for immunizations that immunize an |
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individual against the communicable disease subject to the |
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declaration the report must: |
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(1) include information by county on the accessibility |
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to the immunizations of county residents by age, race, and |
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geographic location, provided the information does not personally |
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identify any individual; |
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(2) identify and assess disparities in access to the |
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immunizations by age, race, and geographic location, including an |
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assessment of immunization accessibility in each county; |
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(3) include the estimated economic benefit to this |
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state of reducing disparities in immunization accessibility; |
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(4) include recommendations for reducing disparities |
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in immunization accessibility; and |
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(5) include recommendations for legislative action to |
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increase immunization rates. |
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SECTION 2. Section 161.008, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) An immunization record provided by a health care |
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provider as required by Section 161.00705 for inclusion in the |
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immunization registry during a public health disaster declared |
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under Chapter 81 must contain the race, age, ethnicity, and county |
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of residence of the individual immunized. This subsection applies |
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only to immunizations that immunize an individual against the |
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communicable disease subject to the declaration. |
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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, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1353 passed the Senate on |
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May 3, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1353 passed the House on |
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May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 44, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |