Bill Text: TX SB1353 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the content of certain immunization records and of certain biennial legislative reports on immunizations issued by the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1353 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1353-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the content of certain immunization records and of certain biennial legislative reports on immunizations issued by the Department of State Health Services.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1353 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1353-Comm_Sub.html
By: Miles, et al. | S.B. No. 1353 | |
(Guerra) | ||
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relating to the content of certain immunization records and 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, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) 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 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, 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, 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. Section 161.008, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) An immunization record provided by a health care | ||
provider as required by Section 161.00705 for inclusion in the | ||
immunization registry during a public health disaster declared | ||
under Chapter 81 must contain the race, age, ethnicity, and county | ||
of residence of the individual immunized. This subsection applies | ||
only to immunizations that immunize an individual against the | ||
communicable disease subject to the declaration. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2021. |