Bill Text: FL S0146 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Health Policy [S0146 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S0146-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 146
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       16-00202-13                                            2013146__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to human papillomavirus vaccination;
    3         requiring that information regarding human
    4         papillomavirus, its effects, and available vaccines be
    5         provided to parents or guardians of all children
    6         entering grade 6; requiring that the Department of
    7         Health approve information for dissemination by the
    8         Department of Education; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, the
   13  parent or guardian of a student entering grade 6 shall be
   14  provided information on the availability of vaccination against
   15  human papillomavirus as recommended by the Advisory Committee on
   16  Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
   17  Prevention. Such information shall be approved by the Department
   18  of Health for dissemination by the Department of Education. The
   19  information must, at a minimum, include the connection between
   20  human papillomavirus and cervical cancer as well as other
   21  cancers and diseases. The information must also notify the
   22  parent or guardian that a vaccine is available to help prevent
   23  human papillomavirus infection and that the advisory committee
   24  recommends that the vaccination process be completed before the
   25  student enters grade 7.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.