Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.0102
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§ 161.0102. VACCINES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM; INFLUENZA VACCINES.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "vaccines for children program" means the program operated by the department under authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396s, as amended.
(b) The department shall allow each health care provider participating in the vaccines for children program to:
(1) select influenza vaccines from the list of all influenza vaccines that:
(A) are approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and recommended by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; and
(B) are either:
(i) within the limits of the vaccines annually allocated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service to the department for the vaccines for children program; or
(ii) not offered in the annual allocation under Subparagraph (i), but are available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service and for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awards to the department additional funds; and
(2) use both inactivated influenza vaccines and live, attenuated influenza vaccines.
(b) The department shall allow each health care provider participating in the vaccines for children program to:
(1) select influenza vaccines from the list of all influenza vaccines that:
(A) are approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and recommended by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; and
(B) are either:
(i) within the limits of the vaccines annually allocated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service to the department for the vaccines for children program; or
(ii) not offered in the annual allocation under Subparagraph (i), but are available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Public Health Service and for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awards to the department additional funds; and
(2) use both inactivated influenza vaccines and live, attenuated influenza vaccines.
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