Bill Text: IN HB1196 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Meningitis vaccinations for college students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health [HB1196 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-HB1196-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1196

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 21-40.

Synopsis: Meningitis vaccinations for college students. Provides that a state educational institution may not permit a student to matriculate in a residential campus of the state educational institution unless the student provides documentation of having been vaccinated for meningococcal meningitis or qualifies for an exemption. Repeals the requirement that a state educational institution provide detailed information about meningococcal meningitis to prospective students before they enroll in the state educational institution. Makes conforming changes.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

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    January 7, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1196

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 21-40-1-3; (10)IN1196.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 21-40-1-3, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2007, SECTION 281, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 3. "Certificate of immunity" means a form that meets the following requirements:
        (1) Is acceptable to a state educational institution.
        (2) Establishes the immunity of the certificate holder.
        (3) Consists of:
            (A) a physician's certificate, if available;
            (B) immunization records forwarded from another school or state educational institution;
            (C) a record maintained by the student or a parent of the student showing the month and year during which each dose of vaccine was administered;
            (D) a form developed by the department that may be used by state educational institutions to meet the requirements of IC 21-40-5; or
            (E) evidence of having met alternative criteria defined by rules

adopted under IC 4-22-2 by the department.
        (4) Includes a line to be signed by the student or the student's parent or guardian that indicates compliance with IC 21-40-5-5.

SOURCE: IC 21-40-5-2; (10)IN1196.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 21-40-5-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.2-2007, SECTION 281, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in section 7 of this chapter, a state educational institution may not permit a student to matriculate in a residential campus of a state educational institution unless the student provides the documentation required by section 3 of this chapter for the following diseases:
        (1) Diphtheria.
        (2) Tetanus.
        (3) Measles.
        (4) Mumps.
        (5) Rubella.
         (6) Meningococcal meningitis.
    (b) A state educational institution shall notify a student before the student's matriculation of the following requirements:
        (1) that the student must be immunized and that the immunization is required for matriculation at the state educational institution unless the student provides the documentation required by section 3 of this chapter.
        (2) That the:
            (A) student; or
            (B) student's parent or guardian;
        must comply with section 5 of this chapter.

SOURCE: IC 21-40-5-5; (10)IN1196.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 21-40-5-5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010].