Bill Title: Immunizations for higher education students. Adds meningitis to the required immunizations a student matriculating to a residential campus of a state educational institution must be immunized against. Specifies that the immunizations must be conducted in accordance with specified federal recommendations. Adds an expiration date to the law requiring a state educational institution to disseminate information concerning the meningococcal disease and immunization and deletes a reference to that requirement. Provides that the new immunization requirements do not take effect until the first academic term following July 1, 2018. Makes conforming and technical changes.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-24 - Public Law 130 [HB1069 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Ronald Bacon [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sally Siegrist [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-026	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Matt Pierce [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gregory Porter [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ed Charbonneau [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Vaneta Becker [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Lonnie Randolph [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jean Breaux [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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