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  89R14566 AB-D     By: Shofner H.B. No. 3737       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prohibited prescription, delivery, administration,   use, advertisement, and solicitation of a COVID-19 vaccine   containing mRNA material.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 161.0086 to read as follows:           Sec.   161.0086.     PROHIBITED PRESCRIPTION, DELIVERY,   ADMINISTRATION, OR USE OF COVID-19 VACCINE CONTAINING MRNA   MATERIAL.   (a)   In this section:                 (1)     "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus   disease.                 (2)     "mRNA material" means a substance that introduces   messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) corresponding to a viral protein.           (b)     A person may not prescribe, deliver, administer, or use   a vaccine intended to prevent COVID-19 if the vaccine contains mRNA   material.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 431, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 431.0215 to read as follows:           Sec.   431.0215.     ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED ACTS. (a)   In this   section:                 (1)     "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus   disease.                 (2)     "mRNA material" means a substance that introduces   messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) corresponding to a viral protein.           (b)     A person may not advertise or solicit patients for   immunization with a COVID-19 vaccine containing mRNA material.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.