Bill Text: CA SB249 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vaccinations: meningococcal disease.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 176, Statutes of 2009. [SB249 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB249-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 249	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 27, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cox
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Torlakson   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to amend Section 120395 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vaccinations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 249, as amended, Cox. Vaccinations: meningitis.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
develop information about meningococcal disease,  by April 1,
2002,  and make it available to each requesting degree-granting
public and private postsecondary institution and to each requesting
school district. Existing law authorizes the department to design and
implement a public awareness campaign to reach members of the
population identified as being at high risk for contracting the
disease.
   This bill would  expressly authorize this campaign to
include children 11 years of age   , instead, require
the department to develop information about meningococcal disease,
including information   pertaining to children who are
between 11 and 18 years of age, by April 1, 2010  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
Advisory Committee on  Immunizations  
Immunization  Practices of the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention has recently recommended that parents and
adolescents between 11 and 18 years of age be made aware that a
vaccine is now available to protect this age group from the
potentially fatal disease known as meningitis.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to do all the following:
   (1) Encourage the State Department of Public Health to increase
the awareness of the availability of the vaccine to this age group.
   (2) Encourage local public health officials to provide information
about meningitis, including the availability of, and recommendations
for, the vaccine, in any manner they deem appropriate.
   (3) Encourage local school districts to educate their students
within the 11 to 18 age group, as well as their parents, about the
meningitis disease, its potential danger, and the availability of a
vaccine to protect these children.
  SEC. 2.  Section 120395 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
   120395.  (a) The State Department of Public Health shall, no later
than April 1,  2002   2010  , develop
information about meningococcal disease  , including, but not
limited to, information pertaining to children who are between 11 and
18 years of age  . The information shall include:
   (1) Information about meningococcal disease, including symptoms,
risks, and treatment.
   (2) Notice of the availability, benefits, risks, and limitations
of a meningococcus vaccination, with specific information as to those
persons at higher risk for the disease.
   (b) The department shall make available to each degree-granting
public and private postsecondary institution, upon the request of
that institution, information developed by the department on
meningococcal disease.
   (c) The department shall also send an information notice to each
school district advising each school district of the availability of
information developed by the department, and shall make the
information available to any school district upon the request of that
school district.
   (d) The department may also use the information developed to
design and implement a public awareness campaign about meningococcal
disease to reach members of the population identified as being at
high risk for contracting the disease  , including children
who are at least 11 years of age  .