bill trimming school vaccine info on district websites

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89R5001 KRM-F

By: Lowe
H.B. No. 3852

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to providing information regarding immunization

requirements for admission to public elementary and secondary

schools.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 38.019, Education Code, is amended by

amending Subsections (a) and (a-1) and adding Subsections (c) and

(d) to read as follows:

(a) A school district that maintains an Internet website

shall post prominently on the website:

(1) a list, in English and Spanish, of[ :

[ (A) ] the immunizations required for admission

to public school by rules of the Department of State Health Services

adopted under Section 38.001;

[ (B) any immunizations or vaccines recommended

for public school students by the Department of State Health

Services; and

[ (C) health clinics in the district that offer

the influenza vaccine, to the extent those clinics are known to the

district; ] and

(2) a direct link to the Department of State Health

Services Internet website where a person may obtain information on

exemptions from immunizations required for admission to an

elementary or secondary school as provided by Section 38.001,

including [ relating to ] the procedures for claiming an exemption

from the immunization requirements [ of Section 38.001 ].

(a-1) The link to the Department of State Health Services

Internet website provided under Subsection (a)(2) must be presented

in the same manner , including the same font style and size, as the

information provided under Subsection (a)(1).

(c) If a school district provides written notice or other

written information relating to immunizations required for

admission to an elementary or secondary school as provided by

Section 38.001, the district shall include:

(1) specific information on exemptions from the

required immunizations; and

(2) the direct link to the Department of State Health

Services Internet website described by Subsection (a)(2).

(d) The information provided under Subsections (c)(1) and

(2) must be presented in the same manner, including the same font

style and size, as the other information provided on immunizations.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026

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, 2025.