85R2316 LED-D
 
  By: Krause H.B. No. 1124
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to claiming an exemption from required immunizations for
  public school students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 161.0041(d), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The department shall develop a blank affidavit form to
  be used by a person claiming an exemption from a required
  immunization and make that form available on the department's
  Internet website and in all public schools [that contains a seal or
  other security device to prevent reproduction of the form]. The
  affidavit form shall contain a statement indicating that the person
  or, if a minor, the person's parent, managing conservator, or
  guardian understands the benefits and risks of immunizations and
  the benefits and risks of not being immunized.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 161.0041(c) and (e), Health and Safety
  Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall modify
  the existing affidavit form required by Section 161.0041, Health
  and Safety Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
  school year.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2017.