Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.00708 · Subchapter A. IMMUNIZATIONS
ACCESS TO FIRST RESPONDER IMMUNIZATION HISTORY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall establish a process to provide an employer of a first responder with direct access to the first responder's immunization information in the immunization registry for verification of the first responder's immunization history. The process must require a first responder to provide electronic or written consent before the employer is granted direct access to the first responder's immunization information in the immunization registry. A first responder may withdraw consent at any time.
(b) The department may establish a process to provide a first responder with access to the first responder's immunization information in the immunization registry.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 259 (H.B. 1256), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm
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