Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.0095 · Subchapter A. IMMUNIZATIONS
EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall develop:
(1) continuing education programs for health care providers relating to immunizations and the vaccines for children program operated by the department under authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396s; and
(2) educational information, for health care providers, health care clinics, hospitals, and any other health care facility that provides health care to children 14 to 18 years of age, relating to the immunization registry and the option for an individual who is 18 years of age or older to consent to submission and retention of the individual's information in the immunization registry.
(b) The department shall establish a work group to assist the department in developing the continuing education programs and educational information. The work group shall include physicians, nurses, department representatives, representatives of managed care organizations that provide health care services under Chapter 540 or 540A, Government Code, as applicable, representatives of health plan providers that provide health care services under Chapter 62, and members of the public.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 613, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 9 (S.B. 346), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 2.41, eff. April 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.htm
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- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.007IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY; REPORTS TO DEPARTMENT.Printed as Section 161.0095(a)(2)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.01035PROVIDER CHOICE SYSTEM.Printed as Section 161.0095
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.0106RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION.Printed as Sections 161.0095 and 161.010
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