Bill Text: TX SB38 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the immunization of public school students against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-22 - Filed [SB38 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB38-Introduced.html
| 87S30153 BDP-D | ||
| By: Eckhardt, et al. | S.B. No. 38 | |
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| relating to the immunization of public school students against the | ||
| coronavirus disease (COVID-19). | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 38.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) In addition to the immunizations required under | ||
| Subsection (a) and subject to Subsection (c), each student for whom | ||
| a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunization fully approved by the | ||
| United States Food and Drug Administration is available shall be | ||
| fully immunized against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To | ||
| satisfy the requirement of this subsection, a student must show | ||
| proof that the student is immunized in accordance with the | ||
| recommended immunization schedule adopted by the Department of | ||
| State Health Services based on guidelines and recommendations by | ||
| the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The | ||
| executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission | ||
| shall adopt rules for the implementation of this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than June 1, 2022, the executive | ||
| commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
| adopt the rules necessary to implement Section 38.001(a-1), | ||
| Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 38.001(a-1), Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
