Bill > SB547

This bill requires the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), the state's public health agency, to report on vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks and provide de-identified data on immunization exemptions to the legislature and governor every two years, and also mandates that school districts report immunization status information for their districts and individual campuses, with the DSHS making this data publicly available online. The bill also updates existing laws to reflect the name change from the "Texas Department of Health" to the "Department of State Health Services" and requires school districts with websites to post de-identified immunization exemption data for their districts and campuses, alongside information on required and recommended immunizations and where to get the influenza vaccine.