Bill Text: WV HB5336 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

West Virginia House Bill 5336 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: To require parental notification of certain immunization-related items by public school districts any time school-related immunization notifications or letters are sent to parents

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-29 - To House Education [HB5336 Detail]

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WEST virginia legislature

2024 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 5336

By Delegate Dillon

[Introduced January 29, 2024; Referred to the Committee on Education then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-3-4d, relating to providing for school related immunization notifications.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

§16-3-4d. School related immunization notification requirement.

(a) Legislative findings. – The Legislature finds that the concept of informed consent is a bedrock principle of our republic related to personal autonomy and agency, and that this authority naturally extends to children in the custody of their parents and/or legal guardians.

(b) Enactment. – Parental notification shall be required by public school districts in this state any time that school-related immunization notifications or letters are sent to parents. The informational items set forth in subsection (c) of this section shall be sent to any prospective public-school enrollees prior to signing enrollment papers. The informational items shall be sent to currently enrolled student households no less than annually.

(1) FDA Patient Package Insert information for each school-related immunization; and

(2) Information about the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, including information housed on the website at https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for school related immunization notifications.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.