Bill Text: TX HB174 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a COVID-19 vaccine public awareness campaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-12 - Filed [HB174 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB174-Introduced.html
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| By: Turner of Dallas | H.B. No. 174 | |
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| relating to a COVID-19 vaccine public awareness campaign. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 161.01015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 161.01015. COVID-19 VACCINE PUBLIC AWARENESS | ||
| CAMPAIGN. (a) In this section, "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel | ||
| coronavirus. | ||
| (b) The department shall develop and implement a public | ||
| awareness campaign designed to increase awareness of and educate | ||
| the public on the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines | ||
| approved or authorized for emergency use by the United States Food | ||
| and Drug Administration. | ||
| (c) In implementing the campaign, the department shall | ||
| disseminate scientific and evidence-based information and refute | ||
| misinformation, with the goal of increasing vaccination rates, | ||
| particularly in communities with low vaccinated population | ||
| percentages. | ||
| (d) The department may pay the costs of the program and its | ||
| administration from: | ||
| (1) gifts, grants, or donations; | ||
| (2) federal funds; and | ||
| (3) any other money made available for that purpose, | ||
| including money specifically appropriated for the campaign and any | ||
| other available department revenue. | ||
| (e) This section expires September 1, 2023. | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
