Bill Text: TX SB2022 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a COVID-19 vaccine public awareness campaign.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB2022 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2022-Introduced.html
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By: Powell | S.B. No. 2022 |
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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 concerning the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 | ||
vaccines that are approved or authorized for emergency use by the | ||
United States Food and Drug Administration. | ||
(c) In implementing the campaign, the department shall seek | ||
to disseminate scientific and evidence-based information and | ||
combat misinformation, with the goal of increasing vaccination | ||
rates, particularly in communities with low rates of vaccination. | ||
(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 September 1, 2021. |