Bill Text: TX SB86 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the immunization of public school students against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-31 - Co-author authorized [SB86 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB86-Introduced.html
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By: Eckhardt, Blanco, Menéndez | S.B. No. 86 |
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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 who is | ||
eligible to receive a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunization | ||
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. |