Bill Text: TX HB797 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 797 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the possession and administration of certain vaccines by a home and community support services agency or its employees.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-18 - Effective immediately [HB797 Detail]

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	By: Howard, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham)	H.B. No. 797
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 6, 2021;
	April 8, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	Human Services; April 20, 2021, reported favorably by the
	following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to the possession and administration of certain vaccines
	by a home and community support services agency or its employees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 142.0062(a), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) A home and community support services agency or its
	employees who are registered nurses or licensed vocational nurses
	may purchase, store, or transport for the purpose of administering
	to the agency's employees, home health or hospice patients, or
	patient family members under physician's standing orders the
	following dangerous drugs:
	(1) hepatitis B vaccine;
	(2) influenza vaccine;
	(3) tuberculin purified protein derivative for
	tuberculosis testing; [~~and~~]
	(4) pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; and
	(5) any other vaccine approved, authorized for
	emergency use, or otherwise permitted for use by the United States
	Food and Drug Administration to treat or mitigate the spread of a
	communicable disease, as defined by Section 81.003.
	SECTION 2. 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, 2021.

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