81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 448, Chapter 258 Page: 1 of 4
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Chapter 258
H.B. No. 448
1 AN ACT
2 relating to requiring the Department of State Health Services to
3 implement a provider choice system for certain vaccines.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 1.61, Health and Safety
6 Code, is amended by adding Section 161.01035 to read as follows:
7 Sec. 161.01035. PROVIDER CHOICE SYSTEM. (a) The
8 department shall implement a provider choice system for the
9 vaccines for children program operated by the department under
10 authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396s and the adult safety net
11 vaccination program.
12 (b) The department shall ensure that eligible health care
13 providers participating in the vaccines for children program or the14 adult safety net vaccination program may select any licensed
15 vaccine, including combination vaccines and any dosage forms that:
16 (1) are recommended by the federal Advisory Committee
17 on Immunization Practices;
18 (2) are made available to the department by the
19 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States
20 Public Health Service; and
21 (3) for adult vaccines, are on the department-approved
22 list of vaccines offered by the adult safety net vaccination
23 program.
24 (c) For the purposes of this section, "equivalent vaccines"
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 448, Chapter 258, legislative document, May 30, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth148865/m1/1/?q=%222009%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.