Bill Text: IA HF448 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for exemptions from immunization for a person's enrollment in any elementary or secondary school or licensed child care center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-20 - Introduced, referred to Human Resources. H.J. 318. [HF448 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF448-Introduced.html
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BY
SHIPLEY
and
THOMPSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
exemptions
from
immunization
for
a
1
person’s
enrollment
in
any
elementary
or
secondary
school
or
2
licensed
child
care
center.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
139A.8,
subsection
4,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Immunization
is
not
required
for
a
person’s
enrollment
3
in
any
elementary
or
secondary
school
or
licensed
child
care
4
center
if
either
any
of
the
following
applies:
5
(1)
The
applicant,
or
if
the
applicant
is
a
minor,
the
6
applicant’s
parent
or
legal
guardian,
submits
to
the
admitting
7
official
a
statement
signed
by
a
physician,
advanced
registered
8
nurse
practitioner,
or
physician
assistant
who
is
licensed
by
9
the
board
of
medicine,
board
of
nursing,
or
board
of
physician
10
assistants
that
the
immunizations
required
would
could
be
11
injurious
to
the
health
and
well-being
of
the
applicant
or
any
12
member
of
the
applicant’s
family.
13
(2)
The
applicant,
or
if
the
applicant
is
a
minor,
the
14
applicant’s
parent
or
legal
guardian,
submits
an
affidavit
15
signed
by
the
applicant,
or
if
the
applicant
is
a
minor,
16
the
applicant’s
parent
or
legal
guardian,
stating
that
the
17
immunization
conflicts
with
the
tenets
and
practices
of
18
a
recognized
religious
denomination
beliefs
of
which
the
19
applicant
is
an
adherent
or
member
.
20
(3)
The
applicant,
or
if
the
applicant
is
a
minor,
the
21
applicant’s
parent
or
legal
guardian,
submits
an
affidavit
22
signed
by
the
applicant,
or
if
the
applicant
is
a
minor,
signed
23
by
the
applicant’s
parent
or
legal
guardian,
stating
that
the
24
immunization
conflicts
with
the
conscientiously
held
beliefs
25
of
the
applicant,
or
if
the
applicant
is
a
minor,
of
the
26
applicant’s
parent
or
legal
guardian.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
exemptions
from
immunization
required
31
for
a
person’s
enrollment
in
any
elementary
or
secondary
school
32
or
licensed
child
care
center.
33
The
bill
amends
the
existing
medical
exemption
provision
34
to
require
that
the
statement
signed
by
the
health
care
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professional
and
submitted
to
the
admitting
official
must
state
1
that
the
immunizations
required
could,
rather
than
would,
be
2
injurious
to
the
health
and
well-being
of
the
applicant
or
any
3
member
of
the
applicant’s
family.
4
The
bill
amends
the
existing
religious
exemption
provision
5
to
provide
that
the
affidavit
signed
and
submitted
must
state
6
that
the
immunization
conflicts
with
the
religious
beliefs
of
7
the
applicant,
not
the
tenets
and
practices
of
a
recognized
8
religious
denomination
of
which
the
applicant
is
an
adherent
9
or
member.
10
The
bill
also
includes
a
new
exemption
that
includes
as
11
a
basis
for
exemption,
the
submission
of
a
signed
affidavit
12
by
the
applicant,
or
if
the
applicant
is
a
minor,
by
the
13
applicant’s
parent
or
legal
guardian,
stating
that
the
14
immunization
conflicts
with
the
conscientiously
held
beliefs
15
of
the
applicant,
or
if
the
applicant
is
a
minor,
of
the
16
applicant’s
parent
or
legal
guardian.
17
Existing
provisions
direct
the
department
of
public
18
health,
in
consultation
with
the
director
of
the
department
of
19
education,
to
adopt
rules
to
implement
the
bill.
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