Bill Text: HI SB394 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Human Papillomavirus; Infectious Disease; Health Information; Public Schools
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-12 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB394 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-SB394-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to improve the overall health of the population in the State and reduce the incidence of infectious disease and cervical and other cancers by requiring the department of education, in collaboration with the department of health, to develop accurate, educational information on:
(1) Human papillomavirus and the availability of a vaccine against the virus;
(2) The connection between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer and human papillomavirus and other cancers and diseases;
(3) Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis and the availability of the Tdap vaccine against all of these diseases;
(4) Meningococcal disease and the availability of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine against four strains of meningococcal disease;
(5) Influenza and the availability of an annual influenza vaccine; and
(6) Any other preteen vaccinations and the diseases they prevent consistent with current medical practice and national recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
and disseminate this information through the public schools to parents or guardians of all public school students entering the sixth grade.
SECTION 2. (a) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, each public school shall provide information on various diseases and available vaccinations on an annual basis to each parent or guardian of a student who is entering the sixth grade. At a minimum, the information shall include:
(1) Information on the human papillomavirus;
(2) The connection between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer, as well as the connection between human papillomavirus and other cancers and diseases;
(3) The availability of vaccines against human papillomavirus;
(4) Notification to the parent or guardian of each sixth grade student that vaccination is available to help prevent human papillomavirus infection;
(5) Information that the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that vaccination against human papillomavirus be completed before a student enters the seventh grade;
(6) Information about tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis and the availability of the Tdap vaccine against all of these diseases;
(7) Information about meningococcal disease and the availability of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine against four strains of meningococcal disease;
(8) Information about influenza and the availability of an annual influenza vaccine; and
(9) Information regarding any other preteen vaccinations and the diseases they prevent consistent with current medical practice and national recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(b) The department of education, in collaboration with the department of health, shall develop the information. The information shall be approved by the department of health prior to dissemination by the department of education.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Human Papillomavirus; Infectious Disease; Health Information; Public Schools
Description:
Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, requires public schools to annually provide information about the human papillomavirus, including the connection between human papillomavirus to cervical and other cancers and diseases, and the availability of vaccines against the human papillomavirus; and information regarding infectious diseases and other diseases for which preteen vaccines are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control to parents or guardians of students entering sixth grade. (SD1)
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