Bill Text: IA SF2136 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring immunization against meningococcal disease for certain students. (Formerly SSB 3073.)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-18 - Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 506. [SF2136 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF2136-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2136 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     3073)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring immunization against meningococcal disease for
  2    certain students.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 139A.8, subsection 2, Code 2016, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  A person shall not be enrolled in
  1  4 school in the seventh grade or twelfth grade in Iowa without
  1  5 evidence of adequate immunization against meningococcal disease
  1  6 in accordance with standards approved by the United States
  1  7 public health service of the United States department of
  1  8 health and human services for such biological products and is
  1  9 in accordance with immunization practices recommended by the
  1 10 advisory committee on immunization practices of the centers for
  1 11 disease control and prevention.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 15    This bill prohibits a person from being enrolled in school
  1 16 in the seventh or twelfth grade in Iowa without evidence
  1 17 of adequate immunization against meningococcal disease in
  1 18 accordance with standards approved by the United States
  1 19 public health service for such biological products and which
  1 20 immunization is provided in accordance with immunization
  1 21 practices recommended by the United States public health
  1 22 service of the United States department of health and human
  1 23 services for such biological products and is in accordance with
  1 24 immunization practices recommended by the advisory committee
  1 25 on immunization practices of the centers for disease control
  1 26 and prevention.
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