88R3319 LRM-F
 
  By: Guerra H.B. No. 1063
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the content of certain biennial legislative reports on
  immunizations issued by the Department of State Health Services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 161.0074(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  In [If a public health disaster was declared under
  Chapter 81 during the preceding two years, in] addition to the
  information required under Subsection (c), for immunizations that
  immunize an individual against a [the] communicable disease
  [subject to the declaration] the report must:
               (1)  include information by county on the accessibility
  to the immunizations of county residents by age, race, disability,
  and geographic location, provided the information does not
  personally identify any individual;
               (2)  identify and assess disparities in access to the
  immunizations by age, race, disability, and geographic location,
  including an assessment of immunization accessibility in each
  county;
               (3)  include the estimated economic benefit to this
  state of reducing disparities in immunization accessibility;
               (4)  include recommendations for reducing disparities
  in immunization accessibility; and
               (5)  include recommendations for legislative action to
  increase immunization rates.
         SECTION 2.  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 September 1, 2023.