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  89R377 LRM-F     By: Miles S.B. No. 2087       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the content of biennial legislative immunization   reports issued by the Department of State Health Services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 161.0074(d), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (d)   In [ If a public health disaster was declared under   Chapter 81 during the preceding two years, in ] addition to the   information required under Subsection (c), for immunizations that   immunize an individual against a [ the ] communicable disease   [ subject to the declaration ] the report must:                (1)  include information by county on the accessibility   to the immunizations of county residents by age, race, disability,   and geographic location, provided the information does not   personally identify any individual;                (2)  identify and assess disparities in access to the   immunizations by age, race, disability, and geographic location,   including an assessment of immunization accessibility in each   county;                (3)  include the estimated economic benefit to this   state of reducing disparities in immunization accessibility;                (4)  include recommendations for reducing disparities   in immunization accessibility; and                (5)  include recommendations for legislative action to   increase immunization rates.          SECTION 2.  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, 2025.