Bill Text: TX SB479 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to informed consent to immunizations for children.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB479 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB479-Introduced.html

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85R2202 AJZ-D
By: Burton S.B. No. 479

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to informed consent to immunizations for children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 32.102(a) and (c), Family Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Before administering an immunization to a child, a
health care provider must obtain the informed consent of a [A]
person authorized to consent to [the] immunization of the [a] child
[has the responsibility to ensure that the consent, if given, is an
informed consent]. The person authorized to consent is not
required to be present when [the] immunization of the child is
requested if a consent form that meets the requirements of Section
32.002 has been given to the health care provider.
(c) As part of the information given in the counseling for
informed consent, the health care provider shall provide
[information to inform] the person authorized to consent to
immunization information regarding:
(1) the benefits and risks of immunization, including
any vaccine information statement required by the National
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et
seq.); and
(2) [of] the procedures available under the National
Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et
seq.) to seek possible recovery for unreimbursed expenses for
certain injuries arising out of the administration of certain
vaccines.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.