Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 161.01035 — PROVIDER CHOICE SYSTEM
HS § 161.01035Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 161. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Art. A. IMMUNIZATIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The department shall implement a provider choice system for the vaccines for children program operated by the department under authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396s and the adult safety net vaccination program.
(b)The department shall ensure that eligible health care providers participating in the vaccines for children program or the adult safety net vaccination program may select any licensed vaccine, including combination vaccines and any dosage forms that:
(1)are recommended by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices;
(2)are made available to the department by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service; and
(3)for adult vaccines, are on the department-approved list of vaccines offered by the adult safety net vaccination program.
(c)For the purposes of this section, "equivalent vaccines" means two or more vaccines, excluding the influenza vaccine, that meet all of the following:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (H.B. 448), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.