(a) An adult or an individual's legally authorized
representative may file a complaint with the department related to
the department's alleged failure to comply with a request for exclusion
of an individual from the immunization registry by mailing such a
complaint to: Manager, Department of State Health Services, Immunization
Unit, MC-1946, P.O. Box 149347, Austin, Texas 78714-9347, or by courier
to Manager, Immunization Unit, Department of State Health Services,
1100 West 49th Street, MC-1946, Austin, Texas 78756; or by e-mail
to the attention of Manager, Immunization Unit at feedback.ImmDirector@dshs.state.tx.us.
The department shall respond to the written complaint within 30 days
after receipt of that complaint.
(b) An adult or an individual's legally authorized
representative may report an incident of discrimination for requesting
exclusion of an individual from the immunization registry, or for
using an exemption for a required immunization, by mailing written
notification to: Manager, Department of State Health Services, Immunization
Unit, MC-1946, P.O. Box 149347, Austin, Texas 78714-9347, or by courier
to Manager, Immunization Unit, Department of State Health Services,
1100 West 49th Street, MC-1946, Austin, Texas 78756; or by e-mail
to the attention of Manager, Immunization Unit at feedback.ImmDirector@dshs.state.tx.us.
The department shall respond to the written notification within 30
days after receipt of that notification.
(c) The department shall report to the Legislative
Budget Board, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of
the House of Representatives, and appropriate committees of the legislature
not later than September 30 of each even-numbered year. The report
shall:
(1) include the number of complaints received by the
department related to the department's alleged failure to comply with
requests for exclusion of individuals from the immunization registry;
(2) identify all reported incidents of discrimination
for requesting exclusion of individuals from the immunization registry
or for using an exemption for a required immunization;
(3) include the number of complaints received by the
department related to the department's alleged failure to remove information
from the immunization registry as required by §100.7 of this
title (relating to Potential and Declared Disasters, Public Health
Emergency, Terrorist Attack, Hostile Military or Paramilitary Action,
and Extraordinary Law Enforcement Emergency Event) after an event
described in that section; and
(4) include the number of complaints received by the
department related to the department's alleged failure to comply with
written requests for the removal of information relating to first
responders and their immediate family under §100.8 of this title
(relating to First Responder Immunization Information).
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