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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to immunization against human papilloma virus. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.001(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Each student shall be fully immunized against |
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diphtheria, rubeola, rubella, mumps, tetanus, and poliomyelitis, |
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except as provided by Subsection (c). Each female student |
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enrolling in grade six shall be fully immunized against the human |
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papilloma virus, except as provided by Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.0026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0026. DISSEMINATION OF HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS |
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INFORMATION. (a) The agency shall prescribe procedures by which |
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each school district shall provide information to parents and |
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guardians of female students relating to the connection between |
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human papilloma virus and cervical cancer. The procedures must |
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ensure that the information is reasonably likely to come to the |
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attention of the parents or guardians of each female student. |
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(b) The information provided to parents and guardians in |
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Subsection (a) must be similar in form and content to the |
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information required under Section 161.0102, Health and Safety |
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Code. |
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(c) A school district, with the written consent of the |
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agency, may provide the information required by this section to its |
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students and their parents by a method different from the method |
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prescribed by the agency under Subsection (a) if the agency |
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determines that the method would be effective in bringing the |
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information to the attention of the parents and guardians of each |
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female student. |
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SECTION 3. Section 161.0041, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) With respect to immunization against human papilloma |
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virus, the affidavit form shall meet the requirements of Subsection |
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(d) and shall contain a statement indicating that the parent, |
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managing conservator, or guardian received the information under |
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Section 161.0102 on the connection between human papilloma virus |
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and cervical cancer. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0102 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 161.0102. INCREASE AWARENESS OF IMMUNIZATION AGAINST |
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HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS. (a) The department shall collect and |
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disseminate information to parents, managing conservators, and |
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guardians of female children relating to the connection between |
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human papilloma virus and cervical cancer. The department shall |
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prescribe the form and content of the information. |
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(b) The information on the connection between human |
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papilloma virus and cervical cancer must cover: |
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(1) the risk factors for developing cervical cancer, |
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the symptoms of the disease, how it may be diagnosed, and its |
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possible consequences if untreated; |
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(2) the connection between human papilloma virus and |
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cervical cancer, how human papilloma virus is transmitted, how |
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transmission may be prevented, and the relative risk of contracting |
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human papilloma virus for primary and secondary school students; |
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(3) the availability and effectiveness of vaccination |
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against human papilloma virus and a brief description of the |
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possible side effects of vaccination; and |
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(4) sources of additional information regarding the |
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disease, including any appropriate office of a school district and |
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the appropriate office of the Department of State Health Services. |
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(c) The department shall increase coordination among public |
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and private local, regional, and statewide entities that have an |
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interest in providing information on the human papilloma virus |
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vaccine. |
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SECTION 5. Section 42.043(b), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The department shall require that each child at an |
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appropriate age have a test for tuberculosis and be immunized |
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against diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis, mumps, rubella, |
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rubeola, invasive pneumococcal disease, and hepatitis A and against |
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any other communicable disease as recommended by the Department of |
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State Health Services. The department shall also require that each |
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female child at an appropriate age be immunized against human |
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papilloma virus. The immunization must be effective on the date of |
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first entry into the facility. However, a child may be |
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provisionally admitted if the required immunizations have begun and |
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are completed as rapidly as medically feasible. |
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SECTION 6. Section 38.001, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, and Section 38.0026, Education Code, as added by this Act, |
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apply beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. |
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SECTION 7. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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42.043, Human Resources Code, applies beginning September 1, 2007. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |