S.B. 1437 Would appropriate $200,000 for outreach and education on numerous vaccines including the HPV vaccine.

S.B. 1502 Would require insurance providers to cover the cost of the HPV vaccine.

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H.B. 1016 Would request a Medicaid waiver from the federal government to provide the HPV vaccine for girls 12 to 18 with parental consent.

S.B. 97 Would allocate four percent of state tobacco settlement money to the cervical cancer immunization fund.

H.B. 1292 Would include information on HPV, the link to cervical cancer and the vaccine in human sexuality education in schools.

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H.B. 5485 Would provide coverage of the HPV vaccine through the state's insurance plan (HUSKY).

H.B. 6085 Would create an awareness campaign on cervical cancer and HPV.

H.B. 6977 Would require the first dose of the HPV vaccine for girls before entering sixth grade.

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S.B. 660 Would prohibit certain students from entering school without the HPV vaccine and would require public and private schools to provide information on HPV and the HPV vaccine to parents of certain children.  (H.B. 561 is identical) 

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S.B. 155 Would require the HPV vaccine for sixth grade girls unless parents provide a written statement that they cannot afford the vaccine.

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H.B 1000 Would add the HPV vaccine to the teen vax program.

S.B. 10 Would require the HPV vaccine for girls ages 11-12, but allows parents to opt-out. Also requires the school to track the number of immunized children attending the school.

H.B. 2033 Would require the department of health to provide and promote information on the HPV vaccine.

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H.F. 661 Would require insurance providers to cover the cost of the HPV vaccine for females nine to 26 years of age.

S.F. 326 Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health to provide HPV vaccinations to uninsured females between the ages of 19 and 26 with incomes below 250 percent of federal poverty guidelines at no charge.  Also funds a public awareness campaign about HPV and cervical cancer, including identifying medically accurate information, making that information available on the Department's Web site, notifying school districts of the information, and educating the public and health professionals.  

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H.B. 345 Would require the HPV vaccine for girls entering middle school, but allows parents the right to exempt their child for any reason.

H.B. 327 Would appropriate $4,116,000 from the general fund to provide the HPV vaccine on a voluntary basis to uninsured females ages nine to 26. 

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H.B. 1049 Would establish a task force for the HPV vaccine. Duties would be to make recommendations for a state plan for the vaccine including possible requirements, cost and education efforts.

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H.B. 4104 Would require the HPV vaccine for girls entering sixth grade. Allows exemptions.

S.B. 133 Would require parents to recieve information on the HPV vaccine and sign a form saying their child has had the vaccine for entry into sixth grade, or that the parent has opted their child out of the vaccine.

S.B. 132 Would require the HPV vaccine for girls entering sixth grade, requires parents recieve information on the vaccine and allows exemptions.

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S.B. 514 Would provide parents with information on HPV, cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine. Would require all sixth grade girls to be vaccinated against HPV. Allows religious and medical exemptions.

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S. 2286 Would require distributing information about HPV to parents and guardians and requires vaccination of seventh to 12th graders. Also proposes a public awareness campaign. (Identical Bill: A.B. 3920)

S. 2284 Would mandate insurance and state health program coverage of the HPV vaccine.

A. 4050 Would mandate insurance and state health program coverage of the HPV vaccine.

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H.J.M. 39 Would create the human papilloma virus- papanicolaou advisory panel to study cervical cancer disparities and find cost-effective strategies for primary and secondary cervical cancer interventions, inlcuding the HPV vaccine.

H.B. 965 Would allocate funds from an increased cigarette tax to the department of health to increase cervical cancer vaccination outreach.

S.B. 1174 Would require the HPV vaccine for girls between nine and 14 years of age. Allows parents to elect not to have their child vaccinated. Also provides information to parents. Passed legislature, sent to governor 

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H.R. 21 Would create a cervical cancer awareness week to promote awareness of cervical cancer's relation to HPV and the availability of the HPV vaccine.

H.R. 42 Would designate January as cervical cancer awareness month and includes the HPV vaccine in the campaign. 

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H.B. 215 Would provide information for parents and guardians on HPV and requires the HPV vaccine for girls entering the sixth grade. (Companion to above Bill)

H.B. 146 Would require the Department of Health to educate the public about HPV and cervical cancer and promote immunization against HPV.

H.B. 1098 Would prohibit any elementary or secondary school requirement for the HPV vaccine. If enacted, this would override the executive order listed below.  (S.B. 438 is identical. H.B.1115 is duplcate)

H.B. 1215 Would prohibit the HPV vaccine from being added to the immunization schedule and does not allow the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to require the vaccine for school entry.  

S.B. 815 Would require health benefit plans to cover the cost of the HPV vaccine.

Executive Order 4 signed by Governor Rick Perry February 2, 2007 - Mandates that all females entering the sixth grade must receive the HPV vaccine.  Orders the Vaccines for Children program to make the vaccine available to eligible children up to age 18 and the state Medicaid program to finance the vaccine for eligible females age 19-21.  Allows parents to refuse the vaccine for their daughters. Enacted

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S.B. 139 Would require all girls to be vaccinated against HPV before entering sixth grade. Allows exemptions for medical, moral or religious beliefs.  If the parent refuses the HPV vaccine, they must sign a "refusal to vaccinate" statement that they understand the link between HPV and cervical cancer.  Appropriates nearly $8 million dollars to the health department to pay for and administrate the vaccine to all 11-year-old girls and 25 percent of the population age 10, or 12-26.

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H.B. 1914 Would add the HPV Vaccine to the required vaccination schedule for girls, 11 years of age.

H.B. 2035 Would require the HPV vaccine for girls on or after their 11th birthday and allows parents to exempt their child.

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