Bill Text: TX HB3884 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to dissemination of bacterial meningitis information by school districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3884 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3884-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3884 |
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relating to dissemination of bacterial meningitis information by | ||
school districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 38.0025(a) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Department of State Health Services [ |
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prescribe procedures by which each school district shall provide | ||
information relating to bacterial meningitis to its students and | ||
their parents each school year. The procedures must ensure that the | ||
information is reasonably likely to come to the attention of the | ||
parents of each student. The department [ |
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the form and content of the information. The information must | ||
cover: | ||
(1) the symptoms of the disease, how it may be | ||
diagnosed, and its possible consequences if untreated; | ||
(2) how the disease is transmitted, how it may be | ||
prevented, and the relative risk of contracting the disease for | ||
primary and secondary school students; | ||
(3) the availability and effectiveness of vaccination | ||
against and treatment for the disease, and a brief description of | ||
the risks and possible side effects of vaccination; and | ||
(4) sources of additional information regarding the | ||
disease, including any appropriate office of the school district | ||
and the appropriate office of the department [ |
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(c) A school district, with the written consent of the | ||
Department of State Health Services [ |
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information required by this section to its students and their | ||
parents by a method different from the method prescribed by the | ||
department [ |
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determines that method would be effective in bringing the | ||
information to the attention of the parents of each student. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 38.0025(b), Education Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall develop | ||
the procedures under Section 38.0025, Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3884 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3884 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |