Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 161.00705 — RECORDING ADMINISTRATION OF IMMUNIZATION AND MEDICATION FOR DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
HS § 161.00705Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Art. A. IMMUNIZATIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The department shall maintain a registry of persons who receive an immunization or antiviral administered to prepare for a potential disaster, public health disaster, terrorist attack, hostile military or paramilitary action, or extraordinary law enforcement emergency or in response to a declared disaster, public health disaster, terrorist attack, hostile military or paramilitary action, or extraordinary law enforcement emergency. A health care provider who administers an immunization or antiviral shall provide the data elements to the department. At the request and with the authorization of the health care provider, the data elements may be provided through a health information exchange as defined by Section 182.151.
(b)The department shall maintain the registry as part of the immunization registry required by Section 161.007.
(c)The department shall track adverse reactions to an immunization or antiviral administered to prepare for a potential disaster, public health disaster, terrorist attack, hostile military or paramilitary action, or extraordinary law enforcement emergency or in response to a declared disaster, public health disaster, terrorist attack, hostile military or paramilitary action, or extraordinary law enforcement emergency. A health care provider who administers an immunization or antiviral may provide data related to adverse reactions to the department.
(d)Sections 161.007, 161.0071, 161.0072, and 161.0074 apply to the data elements submitted to the department under this section, unless a provision in those sections conflicts with a requirement in this section.
(e)The executive commissioner by rule shall determine the period during which the information collected under this section must remain in the immunization registry following the end of the disaster, public health emergency, terrorist attack, hostile military or paramilitary action, or extraordinary law enforcement emergency.
(f)Unless an individual or the individual's legally authorized representative consents in writing or electronically to continued inclusion of the individual's information in the registry, the department shall remove the immunization records collected under this section from the registry on expiration of the period prescribed under Subsection (e).
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 9 (S.B. 346), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0460, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1085 (H.B. 2641), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 (S.B. 968), Sec. 13, eff. June 16, 2021.