Bill Text: TX HB1593 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notification of parents regarding the immunization status of students enrolled at a public school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-09 - Referred to Public Education [HB1593 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1593-Introduced.html
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| By: Blanco | H.B. No. 1593 | |
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| relating to notification of parents regarding the immunization | ||
| status of students enrolled at a public school. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.0021 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.0021. NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS REGARDING STUDENT | ||
| IMMUNIZATION STATUS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), | ||
| each school year a public school shall provide written notification | ||
| regarding the immunization status of children enrolled at the | ||
| school to the parent of each child enrolled at the school. | ||
| (b) The notification: | ||
| (1) must be provided not later than November 1; | ||
| (2) must inform the parent of the number of students | ||
| enrolled at the school who have not obtained the immunizations | ||
| required for that school year by the Department of State Health | ||
| Services under Section 38.001(b-1); and | ||
| (3) may not provide information regarding the | ||
| immunization status of specific students. | ||
| (c) A public school is not required to provide the | ||
| notification if each student at the school has obtained all | ||
| immunizations required for that school year by the Department of | ||
| State Health Services under Section 38.001(b-1). | ||
| (d) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2015. | ||
