Bill Text: TX SB239 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of educational materials regarding disease prevention during a disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB239 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB239-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 239 | ||
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| relating to the provision of educational materials regarding | ||
| disease prevention during a disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.1861 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.1861. DISEASE PREVENTION INFORMATION SYSTEM. (a) | ||
| The Department of State Health Services, using existing resources, | ||
| shall develop and implement a disease prevention information system | ||
| for dissemination of immunization information during a declared | ||
| state of disaster or local state of disaster. | ||
| (b) During a declared state of disaster or local state of | ||
| disaster, the Department of State Health Services shall ensure that | ||
| educational materials regarding immunizations are available to | ||
| local health authorities in this state for distribution to: | ||
| (1) public and private schools; | ||
| (2) child-care facilities as defined by Section | ||
| 42.002, Human Resources Code; | ||
| (3) community centers offering youth services and | ||
| programs; | ||
| (4) community centers offering services and programs | ||
| to vulnerable populations, including communities of color, | ||
| low-income individuals, and elderly individuals; | ||
| (5) local health care providers; and | ||
| (6) veterans homes as defined by Section 164.002, | ||
| Natural Resources Code. | ||
| (c) The educational materials must include: | ||
| (1) the most recent immunization schedules by age as | ||
| recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and | ||
| (2) locations, if any, of local health care providers | ||
| that offer immunizations. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable, but not later than August | ||
| 31, 2022, the Department of State Health Services shall implement | ||
| the disease prevention information system as required by Section | ||
| 418.1861, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 239 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 14, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 239 passed the House on | ||
| May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 40, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
