Bill Text: TX SB86 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 86 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the immunization of public school students against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-31 - Co-author authorized [SB86 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB86-Introduced.html

	87S20414 BDP-D

	By: Eckhardt, Blanco, Menéndez	S.B. No. 86



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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.