{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-526.0053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 526.0053","heading":"VACCINES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM PROVIDER ENROLLMENT; IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(c) The commission shall allow providers to:\n(1) report vaccines administered under the vaccines for children program to the immunization registry established under Section 161.007, Health and Safety Code; and\n(2) use the immunization registry, including individually identifiable information in accordance with state and federal law, to determine whether a child received an immunization.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 526. ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION AND EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER","SUBCHAPTER B. PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDED OR ADMINISTERED BY COMMISSION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.526.htm#526.0053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"0f9abbaf49fae4f7566da1d399d46b07b5636a3adcc81884f446962edb94df12","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-526.0052","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-526.0054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}