Bill Text: TX HB97 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children for cancer prevention or treatment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-14 - Referred to Public Health [HB97 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB97-Introduced.html

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85R2463 MM-F
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 97

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to consent to the immunization of certain children for
cancer prevention or treatment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.1011, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or Section 32.003 or
32.101, a child may consent to the child's own immunization for
cancer prevention or treatment if the immunization is:
(1) recommended for cancer prevention by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention; or
(2) approved for cancer treatment by the United States
Food and Drug Administration.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.