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Bill Number and Status
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Description
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Ties Public Assistance to Proof of Immunization
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Nevada
AB 501
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Immunizations available through the Welfare Division.
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New York
AB 112
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Prohibits awarding public assistance to applicant or recipient who cannot provide documentation that their children have received age appropriate immunizations.
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Exemptions
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Arkansas HB 2765
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Amends the laws regarding school immunization exemptions.
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Arkansas
SB 434
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Revises the religious exemption to the school immunization requirements.
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Connecticut
HB 5949
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Allows parents to opt out of required immunizations for their child to attend school and requires physicians to disclose all available information about vaccines, including potential side effects.
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Connecticut
HB 6189
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An act concerning exemptions from mandatory vaccinations. Requires that immunization exemptions be provided to all.
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Connecticut
HB 6284
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Provides exemptions from immunizations, and requires certain warnings from physicians, and impose penalties for failing to warn, and to publicize the existence of exemptions.
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Connecticut
SB 243
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In the event of compulsory vaccinations, persons may refuse to be vaccinated on the basis of their beliefs.
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Connecticut SB 403
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Allows for an exemption from required student immunizations.
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Idaho HB 368
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Amends existing law relating to immunization requirements to require notification of a vaccine recipient; and to prohibit denial of admission or services based upon failure to be immunized.
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Illinois SB 2011
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Provides that the objection by the parent or guardian of a child entering a child care facility sets forth the specific religious belief which conflicts with the immunization(s). The religious exemption may be personal and need not be directed by the tenants of an established religious organization. Delete language that provides that any standard involving immunizations shall include appropriate exemptions for children whose parents object on the grounds that they are conflicting.
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Indiana
HB 1973
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Requires the state department of health to publish forms stating the risks and benefits of vaccines and to publish forms allowing an adult or a parent or guardian to exempt a child from receiving a vaccine. Requires a health care provider to provide a copy of the appropriate form to the parent/guardian of a child receiving a vaccine.
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Mass
SB 529
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An act prohibiting the mandatory vaccination of school children.
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Mass HB 2570
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Relates to the Hepatitis B vaccine requirement prior to admittance to the public schools.
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Maine
HB 384
(LD 499)
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Allows a parent to choose not to vaccinate a child against chicken pox for school attendance.
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Missouri
SB 112
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Allows parents to refuse to vaccinate their child for religious, philosophical, and medical reasons.
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Minnesota SB 1078
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Requires certain information related to immunizations to be provided; modifies record keeping requirements.
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New Jersey AB 3610
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Permits student exemption from Hepatitis B vaccination requirement based on philosophical or moral objection.
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New York
SB 693
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Clarifies ambiguities regarding the medical exemption for mandatory immunizations for students.
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New York
SB 694
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Removes requirement that religious beliefs be genuine and sincere in order to provide an exemption from mandatory immunizations for students.
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New York
SB 695
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Enacts the philosophical exemption to Immunization Act in order to establish an exemption to mandatory immunizations.
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Texas HB 2292
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Relates to the provisions of Health and Human Services in the state. Allows exemption from immunization based on reason of conscience.
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Texas HB 27B
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Provides that immunization is not required for a person's admission to any elementary or secondary school if the person applying for admission submits an affidavit or certificate signed by a physician that the immunization required would be injurious to the health and well-being of the applicant or the applicant's family or household or an affidavit stating religious beliefs; provides the same rule governs higher education students. Not available on-line.
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Texas HB 89
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Relates to the right to refuse immunizations. (Reverses HB 2292)
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West Virginia
HB 3072
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Provides exemptions from mandatory immunizations for good cause or due to religious prohibition.
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West Virginia
SB 136
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Provides an exemption from mandatory immunizations due to religious prohibition or for good cause. ** DIED IN COMMITTEE
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Finance
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CT HB 6673
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Requires students to provide proof of immunization against measles and rubella before being permitted into an institution of higher education.
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Illinois
SB 361
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Increases the fee for retail sale of tires by 50 cents, which shall be distributed to the Department of Public Health. The fee shall be distributed to county health departments based on the population of the county for expenses related to the West Nile virus.
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New Mexico
HB 597
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Makes an appropriation to the department of health to provide immunizations to children in New Mexico.
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Rhode Island
HB 6424
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This resolution would authorize the appropriation of $103, 169 for the Ocean State Adult Immunization Coalition.
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Tennessee HJR 425
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Urges Congress to appropriate funds for immunization of children two years old and younger.
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Insurance Mandates
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Illinois
HB 485
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If a policy provides coverage for prescription drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of impotency, then the policy must provide coverage for prescription drugs for the prevention of pregnancy. Also requires coverage under those Acts to include coverage for a federally approved AIDS vaccine, prescription nutritional supplements, physician prescribed pain medication, and intravenous feeding. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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Indiana
HB 1836
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Requires coverage under a policy of accident and sickness insurance and under a HMO contract for childhood immunizations that are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control. Specifies that if a provider provides treatment or evaluation and, at the same time, a childhood immunization, the provider must be paid separately for the evaluation or treatment and the childhood immunization.
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Mass
SB 897
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Requires insurers to provide coverage for an AIDS vaccine.
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NV SB 184
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Relates to public employees; expands the definition of accident benefits for purposes of insurance to include preventative treatment of hepatitis administered as a precaution to certain local police officers; creates a statutory presumption that hepatitis is an occupational disease for certain local police officers.
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New Jersey
AB 300
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Requires health insurers to cover Hepatitis B vaccination costs.
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New Jersey
AB 375
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Permits choice of provider for childhood immunizations.
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New Jersey
AB 2077
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Requires insurers and State Health Benefits programs to cover costs of AIDS vaccine.
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New Jersey
SB 498
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Requires health insurers to cover Hepatitis B vaccination costs.
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New Jersey
SB 766
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Mandates health insurance coverage for Lyme disease vaccination.
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Oregon HB 2160
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Allows Family Health Insurance Assistance Program to provide subsidy to eligible individual for coverage of age-appropriate immunizations or other health care services when not provided by health benefit plan.
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Oregon
SB 787
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Requires health insurance coverage for vaccine for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
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Tennessee
HB 2042
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Includes third party payors or carriers regulated by department of commerce and insurance and self-insured entities as entities authorized to share information regarding child immunization records.
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Tennessee
SB 1938
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Includes third party payors or carriers regulated by department of commerce and insurance and self-insured entities as entities authorized to share information regarding child immunization records.
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Texas SB 41
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Requires certain health benefit plans to provide coverage for immunizations as recommended by the Advisory committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
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Texas
HB 1923
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Relates to health benefit plan coverage for immunizations.
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Long Term Care
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California AB 691
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Requires a skilled nursing facility, to offer immunization by vaccine for influenza and pneumococcal disease to its residents, aged 65 years or older, during a specified period each year.
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Illinois HB 3276
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Amends the Life Care Facilities Act and the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides for influenza and pneumonia vaccinations for residents of life care facilities and nursing homes. Provides immunity for a facility that administers the vaccinations except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct on behalf of the facility.
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Illinois
HB 3440
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Amends the Life care Facilities Act. Provides for influenza and pneumonia vaccinations for residents of life care facilities and nursing homes.
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PennSB 769
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Provides for immunization against the influenza virus for elderly persons by facilities that provide ongoing medical care. Includes physician's offices, public health clinics, hemodialysis centers, hospital specialty-care clinics and outpatients rehabilitation programs.
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Texas
HB 2702
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Relates to immunization programs.
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Meningitis
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Alabama
HB 367
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Requires first time student enrollees at public and private two-year and four-year colleges to be vaccinated for meningococcal disease.
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Alabama
SB 250
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Requires first time students at two and four year universities to be vaccinated for meningococcal disease. Permits the waiver of vaccination for certain students, requires institutions to distribute information on meningococcal disease to first-time students and parents/guardians.
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Georgia
HB 199
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Requires postsecondary education institutions to provide information on meningococcal meningitis. Requires vaccination against meningococcal meningitis or a signed waiver for certain student enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions.
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Georgia
HB 521
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Requires postsecondary education institutions to provide information on meningococcal meningitis. Requires vaccination against meningococcal meningitis or a signed waiver for certain student enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions.
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Georgia SB 266
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Requires that postsecondary institutions provide information on meningococcal meningitis, and requires vaccination against meningococcal meningitis or a signed waiver for certain students.
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ME L.R. 2220
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Improves awareness of Meningococcal Meningitis vaccination.
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Mass
HB 3523
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Requires meningitis immunization for college students. For further action see Senate Bill 2159.
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Mass
SB 525
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Requires college students to be immunized against meningococcal disease. For further action see Senate Bill 2159.
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Mass
SB 526
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Requires all schools, day care centers and youth camps to distribute to the parent/guardian of any child in their care information regarding the risk of meningococcal disease and the availability, risks and effectiveness of the vaccine. For further action see Senate Bill 2155.
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Mass SB 2155
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Relates to immunization awareness.
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Mass SB 2159
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An act required college students to be immunized against meningococcal disease.
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Mississippi
HB 1051
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Requires individuals enrolled in institutions of higher education who resides in on-campus housing to receive the meningitis vaccination. (Died in Committee)
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MS
HB 1087
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Relates to vaccinations; provides that the Health Department shall offer vaccinations to first responders going to disaster or bioterrorism locations; provides for educational material on availability of vaccines for meningitis and hepatitis A and B to public universities and colleges for distribution to students.
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Mississippi
SB 2336
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Requires students who reside in university on-campus housing to be vaccinated against meningitis. (Died in Committee)
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Mississippi
HB 1421
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Requires college students residing on-campus to be vaccinated against meningitis.
(Died in Committee)
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Missouri
HB 587
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Requires students living in on-campus housing at colleges and university to be immunized against meningococcal disease.
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Missouri
SB 453
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Requires students enrolled in institutions of higher education to receive meningitis vaccine.
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Nebraska LB 513
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Requires vaccinations for meningococcal disease for postsecondary students.
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New Jersey
AB 1546
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Requires meningitis vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education.
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New Jersey
SB 1655
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Requires meningitis vaccinations for new residential students at four-year institutions of higher education.
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New York
AB 501
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Requires certain camps, secondary schools, and colleges which have housing for students to provide information on meningitis and immunization against the disease.
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New York
AB 3287
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Requires students attending college to receive an adequate dose of a vaccine which acts as an immunizing agent against bacterial meningitis.
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New York
SB 312
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Requires immunization for meningitis for students residing in a student residence at their institution of secondary or higher education; provides certain exceptions to this requirement and makes related provisions.
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New York
SB 968
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Establishes programs to provide school-based primary health care services for pre-school and school-age children which shall include, but not be limited to, primary, preventative immunizations against preventable diseases, performance of therapeutic and corrective measures, the issuance of prescription drugs and other related health care services.
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New York SB 3014
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Requires certain camps, secondary schools and colleges which have housing for students to provide information on meningitis and immunization against such disease; provides for such institutions to distribute waiver forms indicating that the student, parent or guardian has opted not to obtain vaccination against meningitis.
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NC
HB 825
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Requires any private or public institution that offers a postsecondary degree to provide meningococcal disease immunization information to students in the institution has a residential campus.
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North Carolina SB 876
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Requires higher education institutions to provide meningococcal immunization information to newly enrolled students if the institution has a residential campus.
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Ohio
HB 142
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Requires institutions of higher education to require students living in on-campus housing to be vaccinated for meningitis or obtain a waiver of the Vaccination Requirement
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Ohio
SB 60
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Requires that institutions of higher education require students living on-campus to be vaccinated for meningitis or obtain a waiver of the vaccination requirement.
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Oklahoma
SB 787
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Requires vaccinations against meningococcal disease. Provides exceptions.
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Penn
HB 2884
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Amends the College and University Act of 2002. Provides for the bulk purchase and distribution of meningococcal vaccine.
(NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE)
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Tennessee
HB 303
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Requires incoming students at public and private institutions who live on campus to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease or to sign a waiver.
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Tennessee
SB 185
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Requires incoming students at public and private institutions who live on campus to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease or to sign a waiver.
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Washington
HB 1827
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Relates to provisions of meningococcal immunization information for first-time students by degree-granting postsecondary educational institutions.
**Governor partially vetoed.
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Washington
SB 5828
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Requiring information on meningitis immunization for college students.
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Wisconsin AB 344
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Requires certain college students to be vaccinated against or be informed about meningococcal disease.
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Wisconsin SB 172
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Requires certain college students to be vaccinated against or be informed about meningococcal disease.
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Miscellaneous Legislation
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California
AB 691
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Requires a licensed skilled nursing facility to offer patients the option of requesting the issuance of standing orders for influenza or pneumococcal vaccines, or both.
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California
AB 1549
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Requires the State Department of Health Services department to make flu vaccine information available on the department's Internet Website, and to distribute the information to local governmental or private, nonprofit agencies by any other means the department deems appropriate.
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California
SB 280
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Declares legislative intent to enact legislation to promote the research and development of vaccines for sexually transmitted diseases, and address how the state can expedite the development and distribution of prophylactic vaccines for these diseases.
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Colorado
HB 1371
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Repeals the authority of the department of public health and environment to contract with a private or nonprofit entity to arrange for the cost effective ordering, distribution, and accounting of vaccines.
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Minnesota SB 39
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Promotes immunization programs among American Indian populations.
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Minnesota
SB 1254
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Modifies immunization requirements.
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New Jersey
AB 218
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Establishes certain requirements regarding childhood immunizations.
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New Jersey
AB 2889
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Requires health care providers to offer blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose of certain vaccines to children.
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New Jersey
AB 3335
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Provides immunity to public entities and public employees for acquiring, stockpiling, distributing and dispensing drugs and vaccines which mitigate effects of exposure to nuclear, chemical, and biological agents.
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New Jersey
SB 1891
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Requires health care providers to offer blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose of certain vaccines to children. ***PASSED SENATE
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New Jersey
SB 2140
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Provides immunity to public entities and public employees for acquiring, stockpiling, distributing and dispensing drugs and vaccines which mitigate effects of exposure to nuclear, chemical, and biological agents.
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New Jersey
AR 196
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Honors the federal government's Food and Drug Administration to allow the use of pediatric measured auto-injections of atropine to help protect children from chemical terrorist attacks using nerve agents. (PASSED ASSEMBLY)
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New York AB 6177
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Provides for testing, post exposure evaluation and vaccination of inmates and respondents for transmissible diseases in certain cases where an employee of a correctional facility or juvenile detention facility may have been exposed to HIV; provides for annual employee training on blood borne pathogens and tuberculosis and screening post exposure evaluation as put forth by the Centers for Disease Control.
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New York AB 7004
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Provides for additional reports of the advisory council on immunization and extends expiration of provisions of relating to demonstration projects conducted in connection with the immunization of children.
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New York SB 3014
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Provides for additional reports of the advisory council on immunization and extends expiration of provisions of relating to demonstration projects conducted in connection with the immunization of children.
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Penn
HB 827
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Provides for an immunization program.
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Penn
SB 766
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Amends the Hepatitis B Prevention Act of 1996. Provides for catch-up program.
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Penn
SB 769
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Provides for immunization against the influenza virus for elderly persons.
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Texas
HB 1028
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Relates to certain immunization programs.
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Texas
HB 1035
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Related to immunization of children.
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Texas
HB 1920
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Relates to certain immunization programs.
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Texas
HB 1922
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Relates to an immunization education program established by the Texas Department of Health.
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Texas
HB 1926
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Urges health department to increase public awareness of immunizations.
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Texas SB 40
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Relates to an immunization education program established by the Texas Department of Health.
ENROLLED
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Texas SB 43
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Relates to certain immunization programs. ENROLLED
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Texas
SB 486
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Relates to certain immunization programs.
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Texas
SB 1148
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Relates to information provided to parents of newborn children relating to immunizations.
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Texas
SB 516
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Related to certain immunization programs.
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Texas
SCR 14
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Memorializes the U.S. Congress to take actions to improve access to childhood vaccines.
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Virginia HB 1877
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Workers' compensation; infectious disease presumption.
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Registries
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Connecticut
HB 6188
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An act to ensure that children's immunization records will be deleted from all Department of Public Health files upon request.
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Indiana
SB 147
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Requires the state department of health to develop a child's immunization data registry. Allows a patient or patient's parent access to the immunization data; requires that the immunization data automatically be removed when the patient becomes an adult.
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Indiana
SB 457
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States the purposes for which the immunization data registry may be used and specifies who may obtain the information. Requires information concerning the registry to be provided to patients; provides immunity to certain persons who use the registry; also makes disclosing confidential registry information a Class A misdemeanor.
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New Jersey
AB 790
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Establishes a statewide immunization registry in the Department of Health and Senior Services.
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New Jersey
SB 2257
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Establishes a statewide immunization registry in the Department of Health and Senior Services.
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Oregon
HB 2153
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Authorizes sharing of immunization registry information with other immunization registries under certain circumstances. Allows registration of clients receiving immunization services in Oregon.
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Oregon
HB 2244
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Allows Department of Human Services to charge fees to certain authorized users of department's immunization registry information systems.
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Texas
HB 1556
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Relates to the immunization registry.
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Texas
HB 1921
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Relates to the immunization registry.
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Texas EO 4
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Orders the expedited implementation of 5 new laws to improve the state's immunization registry, expand access to immunizations, develop a statewide education program and create new public-private partnerships to increase awareness of the importance of childhood immunizations. Not available on-line.
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School Requirements
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Alabama
HB 201
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Requires higher education students vaccinations against Hepatitis B
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Alabama
SB 371
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Requires students at public or private institutions of higher education institutions receiving state funds to be vaccinated against Hepatitis B unless the student properly executes a waiver.
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California
AB 86
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A home rule school district shall comply with health screening and immunization requirements.
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Connecticut HB 6373
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Allows institutions of higher education to save resources currently used to collect information that has already been collected by Connecticut high schools
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Florida
SB 690
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Requires that children in certain counties be immunized for Hepatitis A and encourages their immunization in other counties.
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Hawaii
HB 344
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Requires a child entering the 7th grade to provide documentation of full immunization against Hepatitis B.
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Hawaii
HB 345
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Requires students under age 18 entering the UH system for the first time to show proof of full immunization against Hepatitis B before enrollment. Provides for a grace period of days to show proof.
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Hawaii
HR 119
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Requires the full immunization against the Hepatitis B virus of all persons in the state who attend any institution of higher education.
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Hawaii
HR 120
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Urges the University of Hawaii to require all students at the University of Hawaii System to show proof of full immunization against the Hepatitis B virus prior to enrollment.
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Hawaii
HCR 148
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Urges Department of Health to require immunization against Hepatitis B to anyone in the state attending any institution of higher education.
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Hawaii
HCR 149
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Urges the University of Hawaii to require all students to show proof of full immunization against Hepatitis B virus before enrollment.
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Hawaii
SB 986
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After 7/1/04, requires a child entering seventh grade to provide documentation of full immunization against Hepatitis B. Provides for grace period.
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Indiana
HB 1702
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Requires a child who enters kindergarten or grade 1 to be immunized against chicken pox.
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Indiana
SB 61
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Varicella immunizations. Requires every child in kindergarten or first grade to receive a varicella immunization. Requires schools to report to the state department of health and the local department of health regarding the number of students who have received the varicella immunization.
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Indiana
SB 403
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Requires every child in kindergarten or first grade to receive the chicken pox immunization. Requires a school to report to the state and local department of health reporting the number of students who have received the chicken pox immunization.
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Indiana
SB 547
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Required vaccination for hepatitis B in college. Requires a full-time student who matriculates after July 15, 2003, at a residential campus of a public college or university to who proof that the student has been vaccinated for hepatitis B.
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Iowa
HB 641
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Relates to childhood immunizations and school requirements.
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Louisiana
SB 630
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Provides for Hepatitis A and B vaccinations for attendance at Universities in Louisiana.
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MassHB 74
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Relates to requiring immunization of certain students.
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Maryland
HB 121
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Requires a first time student at an institution of higher education to be immunized against hepatitis B; exempts certain first time enrollees from the vaccination requirement; provides that the institution of higher education is not required to pay for specified vaccinations.
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Maryland HB 819
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Requires specific entities to cooperate with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations regarding immunizations.
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Minnesota HB 887
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Requires certain information related to immunizations to be provided; modifies record keeping requirements. ****Pass As Amended****
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Minnesota HF 1398
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Includes provisions on informing a parent or guardian of immunization requirements and exemptions.
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Mississippi
HB 1203
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Requires students who enroll in public or private two-year or four-year colleges to be immunized against hepatitis A and hepatitis B and for related purposes. (Died in committee)
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Mississippi
SB 2461
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Requires students who enroll in public or private two-year or four-year colleges to be immunized against hepatitis A and hepatitis B and for related purposes. (Died in Committee).
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Nebraska
LB 513
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Requires postsecondary students to receive certain immunizations.
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New Jersey
AB 1092
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Requires immunization of children to varicella virus (chickenpox).
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New Jersey AB 1888
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Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for high school and new full time students at institutions of higher education.
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New Jersey SB 1119
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Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for full-time and new students at institutions of higher education. ** Identical bill to AB 1888**
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New York AB 5788
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Provides for waiver of required immunizations against chickenpox for admission to school if proof of immunity is presented; applies requirements to 6th grade students.
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New York SB 2594
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Provides for waiver of required immunizations against chickenpox for admission to school if proof of immunity is presented; applies requirements to 6th grade students.
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North Dakota
SB 2289
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Requires a child to be immunized before attending any public, private, or parochial school, day care center, or head start program.
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Oklahoma
SB 679
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Requires certain vaccinations for enrollment in postsecondary educational institutions. Requires certain documentation. Authorizes completion of vaccinations within certain timeframe; exempts students enrolled in certain classes; requires certain institutions to provide certain notice and educational information; specifies institution not liable for certain payments. Provides for codification.
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Tennessee
HB 1891
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Requires Hepatitis A and B vaccinations for students at four-year and two-year institutions of higher education.
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Tennessee
SB 1674
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Requires Hepatitis A and B vaccinations for students at four-year and two-year institutions of higher education.
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Tennessee
SB 1733
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Requires Hepatitis A and B vaccinations for students at four-year and two-year institutions of higher education.
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Scope of Practice
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California
SJR 4
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Requests Congress to repeal the language in the Homeland Security Act that stops existing lawsuits by parents of children who claim that products manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company and other pharmaceutical companies led to their children's health conditions.
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Connecticut
SB 248
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Purpose is to provide safeguards to persons who may be required to receive vaccinations during a public health emergency.
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Connecticut
SB 564
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Allows physician assistants to give immunizations in physician's offices.
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Florida HB 1519
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Revises definition of practice of the profession of pharmacy to include the administering of immunizations by a pharmacist within the framework of an established protocol.
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Florida SB 2600
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Revises definition of practice of the profession of pharmacy to include the administering of immunizations by a pharmacist within the framework of an established protocol.
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Indiana
HB 1471
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Requires the department of Health to develop and distribute an immunization poster to physicians who immunize children and requires physicians to display the poster so that it is visible to parents/guardian of child. Allows the medical licensing board to discipline a physician who fails to display the poster.
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Louisiana SB 1083
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Allows pharmacists to administer a nasal flu vaccine; provides such administration of a nasal vaccine to be available only to specific age groups.
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New Jersey
SB 1753
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Provides civil immunity to public entities for damages resulting from or caused directly or indirectly by the use or misuse of distributed medical supplies, drugs, and vaccines which mitigate the effects of radiation exposure.
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New York
AB 4386
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Authorizes certified pharmacists to administer immunizing agents to adults; provides that such a pharmacist may execute a non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a licensed physician or a certified nurse practitioner.
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New York
SB 1228
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Authorizes certified pharmacists to administer immunizing agents to adults; provides that such a pharmacist may execute a non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a licensed physician or a certified nurse practitioner.
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Oklahoma HB 1526
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Pharmacists authorizing certain immunizations.
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Rhode Island
HB 5827
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Mandates the department of health to develop a standardized consent form to be signed by a minor child's parent or guardian prior to any vaccination which contains mercury and which would become part of the child's permanent record. This act would take effect upon passage.
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Texas
HB 3010
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Relates to information provided to parents of newborn children relating to immunizations.
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Virginia HB 1934
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Professional use by practitioners.
***Same as HB 2302
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Smallpox / Public Health Emergencies
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Alabama
HB 401
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Requires Department of Health to administer vaccinations to responders who may be exposed to infectious diseases when deployed to certain disaster locations, upon the availability of federal funding.
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Alabama
SB 73
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Requires Health Department to provide vaccinations for first responders to bioterrorism disasters.
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Arkansas HB 1965
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Includes an adverse reaction to smallpox vaccine in the definition of compensable injury.
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Arkansas HB 2823
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Creates a vaccination program for first responders to bioterrorist attacks.
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California
AB 968
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Provides that any adverse reaction, injury, disability, or death experienced by an employee as a result of a vaccination that is administered to prevent the transmission of a biochemical substance or blood-borne infectious disease, shall be deemed to have arisen out of and in the course of employment for the purposes of workers' compensation benefits. ***PASSED ASSEMBLY
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California AB 678
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Appropriates money from the Federal Trust Fund to the Department of Health Services. Provides funs for hospital bioterrorism preparedness and funds for implementing public health preparedness and emergency response to bioterrorism attacks. Makes funds available for smallpox preparedness costs.
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Connecticut
HB 5611
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Establishes a fund to compensate individuals injured as a result of smallpox vaccinations.
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Connecticut HB 6134
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An act concerning a cause of action for failure to warn of the risks and possible side effects of the smallpox vaccine. Creates a duty to warn of the risk sand possible side effects of the smallpox vaccine and authorize a civil action for damages by persons injured as a result of the failure to provide such warning.
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Connecticut HB 6176
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An act imposing a duty to inform about health risks associated with live smallpox vaccines.
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Connecticut HB 6676
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Authorizes Governor to declare a public health emergency; provides for implementation of orders of isolation, quarantine, or vaccination; provides hearing and appeals of such orders.
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Connecticut HB 6679
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Provides for compensation to persons who suffer injury, illness, disability or death as a result of being vaccinated against smallpox.
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Connecticut SB 404
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To allow any person to whom an order of vaccination is applicable to consult with a physician prior to vaccination.
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Connecticut
SB 940
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Workers' compensation coverage for illnesses resulting from mandatory smallpox vaccinations; ensures that employees who are required to receive a smallpox vaccination are eligible for workers' compensation benefits for any illness or death that results from the vaccination.
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Georgia HB 372
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Relates to county and municipal hospital authorities, provides immunity for hospitals and health care workers participating in the federal smallpox vaccination and treatment program; provides for a vaccination program for emergency responders.
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Georgia
SB 333
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Provides a vaccination program for emergency responders who may be exposed to infectious diseases when deployed to a disaster location.
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Georgia
SB 336
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Provides immunity for certain hospitals, employees, health care providers and other persons participating in the federal smallpox vaccination program.
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Illinois HB 1353
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Requires the Department of Public Health to conduct an information campaign for members of the general public and for medical professionals as part of a statewide response plan to a national public health threat.
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Illinois
HB 3167
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Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that any injury, disease, or death of an employee arising from the administration of a vaccine to the employee as part of a voluntary inoculation program sponsored by employee's employer is deemed to arise out of employment.
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Illinois
SB 632
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Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Disease Act. Provides that any injury, disease, or death of an employee arising from the administration of a smallpox vaccine to the employee as part of a voluntary inoculation program in connection with the person's employment, governmental program, or recommendation is deemed to arise out of and in the course of employment for all purposes under this act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois
SB 1534
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Amends the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Disease Act. Any injury, disease, or death of a person who has voluntarily received a smallpox vaccination and who either is designated as a "first responder" for the purpose of emergency response in the event of an attack using weapons of mass destruction is deemed to arise out of and during employment.
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Indiana
SB 485
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Immunity for smallpox vaccines. Provides immunity to a hospital or a hospital employee for personal injury that results from the administration of a smallpox immunization.
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Kentucky
HB 529
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Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to define "bioterrorism", "commissioner", "department", "disaster location", and "emergency responder"; creates a section to implement a vaccination program for emergency responders who may be exposed to infectious diseases when deployed to a disaster location or emergency.
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Mississippi
HB 1087
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Authorizes the state department of health to provide immunization programs for first responders who may be exposed to infectious diseases when sent to bioterrorism or disaster locations.
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Mississippi
SB 2753
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Authorizes the state department of health to provide immunization programs for first responders who may be exposed to infectious diseases when sent to bioterrorism or disaster locations.
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Missouri
HB 507
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Established a vaccination program for first responders.
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Missouri
SB 673
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Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to offer a vaccination program for first responders.
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Minnesota HB 32A
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Modifies the definition of "personal injury" in workers' compensation to include disease resulting from vaccines.
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Minnesota 40A
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Modifies the definition of "personal injury" in workers' compensation to include disease resulting from vaccines.
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North Carolina
HB 273
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Ensures that State employees who volunteer for vaccination against smallpox and any family members living in the homes of these vaccinated employees will be able to recover for any adverse medical reactions due to the vaccination. (SB 153)
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North Carolina HB 916
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Establishes a vaccination program for first responders to terrorist emergencies.
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Ohio
HB 177
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Grants specific employees certain benefits if they suffer an adverse medical condition as a result of receiving a smallpox vaccination.
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Oklahoma
HB 1099
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Providing for vaccination programs for first responders who may be exposed to infectious diseases deployed to disaster locations; exceptions, priority, notifications; making section effective upon receipt of certain fund s.
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Oklahoma
SB 696
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Directs the State Department of Health to offer certain vaccinations to law enforcement and emergency personnel; requires certain personnel to be vaccinated, while providing exemption. Makes implementation contingent on receipt of certain federal funds.
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Tennessee
HB 1910
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Creates federally funded bioterrorism vaccination program for first responders.
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Tennessee
SB 1672
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Creates federally funded bioterrorism vaccination program for first responders.
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Virginia
HB 2728
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Expands the definition of "injury" for workers' compensation purposes to include any injury disease or condition resulting from the administration of the vaccinia vaccine to any employee of a hospital, as part of federal smallpox countermeasures.
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Virginia
SB 897
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Provides that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, a hospital that administers the smallpox vaccine to its health care workers is not liable for vaccine related injuries to its health care workers or to third parties who are injured by close contact with the vaccinated health care workers. In order for the hospital's immunity to apply, the vaccine must be administered in accordance with the recommendations of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention relating to immunization of health care workers. The bill also gives immunity to the vaccinated health care workers. The immunity provisions expire on July 1, 2005.
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