Bill Text: TX HB1611 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the date by which certain entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education must receive a vaccination against bacterial meningitis.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to Public Health [HB1611 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1611-Introduced.html

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83R8364 KSD-F
By: Perez H.B. No. 1611

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date by which certain entering students at public
and private or independent institutions of higher education must
receive a vaccination against bacterial meningitis.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.9192(e), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
consultation with institutions of higher education and private or
independent institutions of higher education, shall adopt rules for
the administration of this section, including rules establishing
the date by which a student who is required to comply with
Subsection (c) must have received the vaccination required by that
subsection, which may not be later than the 45th [10th] day after
[before] the first day of the semester or other term in which the
student initially enrolls unless the student is granted an
extension by the institution as provided by the rules adopted under
this subsection. [The rules must authorize an institution of
higher education or private or independent institution of higher
education to extend the compliance date for an individual student
to a date that is not later than the 10th day after the first day of
the semester or other term in which the student initially enrolls.]
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply
beginning with entering students enrolling in public or private or
independent institutions of higher education in this state on or
after January 1, 2014.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect October 1, 2013.