Section 526.0053 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Vaccines For Children Program Provider Enrollment; Immunization Registry(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. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.064.)Tex. Gov't. Code § 526.0053
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.