Bill Text: IA HF2139 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to information and communications provided by a school official, school employee, or school nurse relative to the religious exemption from immunization of children.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-06 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [HF2139 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-HF2139-Introduced.html
House File 2139 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2139 BY SHIPLEY A BILL FOR An Act relating to information and communications provided by a 1 school official, school employee, or school nurse relative 2 to the religious exemption from immunization of children. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5324YH (6) 88 pf/rh
H.F. 2139 Section 1. Section 139A.8, subsection 8, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 8. a. The department, in consultation with the director 3 of the department of education, shall adopt rules for the 4 implementation of this section and shall provide those rules 5 to local school boards and local boards. The rules adopted 6 shall require that any information or communication provided by 7 a school official, school employee, or school nurse regarding 8 immunization requirements shall include information regarding 9 the exemption from immunization requirement specified pursuant 10 to subsection 4, paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2). For the 11 purposes of this subsection: 12 b. For purposes of this subsection: 13 (1) “School employee” means a person employed by a nonpublic 14 school or school district, or any area education agency staff 15 member who provides services to a school or school district. 16 (2) “School nurse” means a person who holds an endorsement 17 or a statement of professional recognition for school nurses 18 issued by the board of educational examiners under chapter 272. 19 (3) “School official” means a licensed school employee, and 20 includes unlicensed school employees employed for security or 21 supervision purposes. 22 EXPLANATION 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 24 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 25 This bill relates to the immunization of children and rules 26 adopted by the department of public health for implementation 27 of immunization of children requirements. The bill provides 28 that any information or communication provided by a school 29 official, school employee, or school nurse regarding 30 immunization requirements shall include information regarding 31 the exemption from immunization requirement that allows an 32 applicant to state that the immunization conflicts with the 33 tenets and practices of a recognized religious denomination of 34 which the applicant is an adherent or member. 35 -1- LSB 5324YH (6) 88 pf/rh 1/ 1
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