VACCINES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM PROVIDER ENROLLMENT; IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 526.0053.
in effect(a) In this section, "vaccines for children program" means the program the Department of State Health Services operates under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396s.
(b) The commission shall ensure that a provider may enroll in the vaccines for children program on the same form the provider completes to apply as a Medicaid health care provider.
(c) The commission shall allow providers to:
(1) report vaccines administered under the vaccines for children program to the immunization registry established under Section 161.007 , Health and Safety Code; and
(2) use the immunization registry, including individually identifiable information in accordance with state and federal law, to determine whether a child received an immunization.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.