85R4902 AJZ-D     By: Zedler H.B. No. 1029       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to informed consent to immunizations for children.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 32.102(a) and (c), Family Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Before administering an immunization to a child, a   health care provider must obtain the informed consent of a [A]   person authorized to consent to [the] immunization of the [a] child   [has the responsibility to ensure that the consent, if given, is an   informed consent]. The person authorized to consent is not   required to be present when [the] immunization of the child is   requested if a consent form that meets the requirements of Section   32.002 has been given to the health care provider.          (c)  As part of the information given in the counseling for   informed consent, the health care provider shall provide   [information to inform] the person authorized to consent to   immunization information regarding:                (1)  the benefits and risks of immunization, including   any vaccine information statement required by the National   Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et   seq.);                (2)  [of] the procedures available under the National   Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1 et   seq.) to seek possible recovery for unreimbursed expenses for   certain injuries arising out of the administration of certain   vaccines; and                (3)  the vaccine excipient and media summary published   by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for each   immunization to be administered.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.