- (a) A person may file a complaint with the department related to the department's failure to comply with a request for exclusion of an individual from the registry by mailing written notification to: Director, Immunization Division, Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756; or by e-mail to the attention of Director, Immunization Division at feedback.ImmDirector@tdh.state.tx.us. The department shall respond to the written complaint within 30 days of receipt of the complaint.
- (b) A person may report an incident of discrimination for requesting exclusion of an individual from the registry, or for using an exemption for a required immunization, by mailing written notification to: Director, Immunization Division, Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756; or by e-mail to the attention of Director, Immunization Division at feedback.ImmDirector@tdh.state.tx.us. The department shall respond to the written notification within 30 days of receipt of the 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 failure to comply with requests for exclusion of individuals from the registry; and
- (2) identify all reported incidents of discrimination for requesting exclusion of individuals from the registry or for using an exemption for a required immunization.
Source Note:The provisions of this §100.8 adopted to be effective May 6, 2004, 29 TexReg 4155.