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      87(2) SB 86 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            87S20414 BDP-D
         
		By:  Eckhardt, Blanco, Men  ndez
            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.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 38.001 Education Code



	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.