Texas Health and Safety Code 161.0072 – Providing Immunization Information to Department
(a) If the individual or the individual’s legally authorized representative has reasonable concern that the individual’s health care provider is not submitting the immunization history to the department, the individual or the individual’s legally authorized representative may provide the individual’s immunization history directly to the department to be included in the immunization registry.
(b) The individual or the individual’s legally authorized representative may send evidence of the individual’s immunization history to the department electronically, by facsimile transmission, or by mail. The evidence may include a copy of:
(1) the individual’s medical record indicating the immunization history;
(2) an invoice from a health care provider for the immunization; or
(3) documentation showing that a claim for the immunization was paid by a payor.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 161.0072
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(c) The executive commissioner shall develop rules to ensure that the immunization history submitted by an individual or the individual’s legally authorized representative is medically verified immunization information.