87R509 KJE-D
 
  By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 591
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public
  school students.
         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)  Each student shall be fully immunized against
  bacterial meningitis, except as provided by Subsection (c). To
  satisfy the requirement of this subsection, a student must show
  proof of a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine and a
  booster dose of that vaccine in accordance with the recommended
  immunization schedule adopted by the Department of State Health
  Services, as well as any additional vaccine recommended for the
  prevention of bacterial meningitis 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 September 1, 2021.