85R13172 SCL-D     By: Wilson H.B. No. 4151       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to dissemination of bacterial meningitis information by   school districts.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 38.0025(a) and (c), Education Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The Department of State Health Services [agency] 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 [agency] 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 [Texas Department of   Health].          (c)  A school district, with the written consent of the   Department of State Health Services [agency], may provide the   information required by this section to its students and their   parents by a method different from the method prescribed by the   department [agency] under Subsection (a) if the department [agency]   determines that method would be effective in bringing the   information to the attention of the parents of each student.          SECTION 2.  Section 38.0025(b), Education Code, is repealed.          SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018   school year.          SECTION 4.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Department of State Health Services shall develop   the procedures under Section 38.0025, Education Code, as amended by   this Act.          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.