Bill Text: TX SB1107 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-27 - Effective immediately [SB1107 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1107-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1107 |
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relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of | ||
entering students at public and private or independent institutions | ||
of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Jamie Schanbaum | ||
and Nicolis Williams Act. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51.9192, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b), (c), and (e) and adding Subsection (d-1) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) This section applies only to an entering student at [ |
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private or independent institution of higher education. This | ||
section does not apply to a student of an institution who is | ||
enrolled only in online or other distance education courses or who | ||
is 30 years of age or older. For purposes of this subsection, | ||
"entering student" includes: | ||
(1) a new student, as defined by Section 51.9191; and | ||
(2) a student who previously attended an institution | ||
of higher education or private or independent institution of higher | ||
education before January 1, 2012, and who is enrolling in the same | ||
or another institution of higher education or private or | ||
independent institution of higher education following a break in | ||
enrollment of at least one fall or spring semester[ |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a student to whom | ||
this section applies or a parent or guardian of the student must | ||
provide to the institution, at the time and in the manner prescribed | ||
by rules adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, | ||
a certificate signed by a health practitioner or an official | ||
immunization record evidencing that the student has received a | ||
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booster during the five-year period preceding the date established | ||
by the coordinating board under Subsection (e). | ||
(d-1) An institution of higher education or private or | ||
independent institution of higher education shall provide, with the | ||
registration materials that the institution provides to a student | ||
to whom this section applies before the student's initial | ||
enrollment in the institution, written notice of the right of the | ||
student or of a parent or guardian of the student to claim an | ||
exemption from the vaccination requirement in the manner prescribed | ||
by Subsection (d) and of the importance of consulting a physician | ||
about the need for immunization to prevent the disease. | ||
(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in | ||
consultation with institutions of higher education and private or | ||
independent institutions of higher education, shall adopt rules for | ||
the administration of this section, including rules establishing | ||
the date by which a student who is required to comply with | ||
Subsection (c) must have received the vaccination required by that | ||
subsection, which may not be later than the 10th day before the | ||
first day of the semester or other term in which the student | ||
initially enrolls unless the student is granted an extension by the | ||
institution as provided by the rules adopted under this subsection. | ||
The rules must authorize an institution of higher education or | ||
private or independent institution of higher education to extend | ||
the compliance date for an individual student to a date that is not | ||
later than the 10th day after the first day of the semester or other | ||
term in which the student initially enrolls [ |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section | ||
51.9192, Education Code, apply only to entering students enrolling | ||
in public or private or independent institutions of higher | ||
education in this state on or after January 1, 2012. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1107 passed the Senate on | ||
April 29, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 11, 2011, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1107 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 6, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 122, | ||
Nays 14, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |