Texas Education Code
§ 38.0025 — DISSEMINATION OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS INFORMATION
ED § 38.0025Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 38. HEALTH AND SAFETY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The Department of State Health Services shall prescribe procedures by which each school district shall provide information relating to bacterial meningitis to its students and their parents each school year. The procedures must ensure that the information is reasonably likely to come to the attention of the parents of each student. The department shall prescribe the form and content of the information. The information must cover:
(1)the symptoms of the disease, how it may be diagnosed, and its possible consequences if untreated;
(2)how the disease is transmitted, how it may be prevented, and the relative risk of contracting the disease for primary and secondary school students;
(3)the availability and effectiveness of vaccination against and treatment for the disease, and a brief description of the risks and possible side effects of vaccination; and
(4)sources of additional information regarding the disease, including any appropriate office of the school district and the appropriate office of the department.
(b)Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1187 (H.B. 3884), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019.
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1187 (H.B. 3884), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1187 (H.B. 3884), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019.