Bill Text: TX SB63 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to consent to the immunization of certain children.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB63 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB63-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 63 | ||
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| relating to consent to the immunization of certain children. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 32.1011 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 32.1011. CONSENT TO IMMUNIZATION BY CHILD. (a) | ||
| Notwithstanding Section 32.003 or 32.101, a child may consent to | ||
| the child's own immunization for a disease if: | ||
| (1) the child: | ||
| (A) is pregnant; or | ||
| (B) is the parent of a child and has actual | ||
| custody of that child; and | ||
| (2) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | ||
| recommend or authorize the initial dose of an immunization for that | ||
| disease to be administered before seven years of age. | ||
| (b) Consent to immunization under this section must meet the | ||
| requirements of Section 32.002(a). | ||
| (c) Consent by a child to immunization under this section is | ||
| not subject to disaffirmance because of minority. | ||
| (d) A health care provider or facility may rely on the | ||
| written statement of the child containing the grounds on which the | ||
| child has capacity to consent to the child's immunization under | ||
| this section. | ||
| (e) To the extent of any conflict between this section and | ||
| Section 32.003, this section controls. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 63 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 63 passed the House on | ||
| May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 9, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
