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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notification of parents regarding the immunization |
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status of students enrolled at a public school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0021. NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS REGARDING STUDENT |
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IMMUNIZATION STATUS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), |
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each school year a public school shall provide written notification |
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regarding the immunization status of children enrolled at the |
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school to the parent of each child enrolled at the school. |
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(b) The notification: |
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(1) must be provided not later than November 1; |
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(2) must inform the parent of the number of students |
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enrolled at the school who have not obtained the immunizations |
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required for that school year by the Department of State Health |
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Services under Section 38.001(b-1); and |
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(3) may not provide information regarding the |
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immunization status of specific students. |
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(c) A public school is not required to provide the |
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notification if each student at the school has obtained all |
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immunizations required for that school year by the Department of |
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State Health Services under Section 38.001(b-1). |
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(d) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2015. |