87R9189 MCF-F     By: Guerra H.B. No. 2312       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an immunization rate tracking system for employees and   residents of certain long-term care facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0053 to read as follows:          Sec. 161.0053.  IMMUNIZATION RATE TRACKING SYSTEM FOR   LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "long-term care   facility" means a facility licensed or regulated under Chapter 242,   247, or 252.           (b)  A long-term care facility shall maintain a system to   track the immunization rates of the facility's employees and   residents. The system must include information on:                (1)  the aggregate immunization rates of the facility's   employees and residents; and                (2)  changes to the aggregate immunization rates   described by Subdivision (1).          (c)  A long-term care facility on request shall provide the   immunization rate data described by Subsection (b). The data   provided by the facility may not in any manner identify an employee   or resident.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.