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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 871
Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)
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11 The Committee on Health Regulation offered the following:
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17 Section 1. Section 381.0421, Florida Statutes, is
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19 381.0421 Vaccination against meningococcal
20 meningitis.--
21 (1) A postsecondary educational institution shall
22 provide detailed information on the risks associated with
23 meningococcal meningitis and the availability, effectiveness
24 and known contraindications of any required or recommended
25 vaccine to all students, or their parent or guardian if the
26 student is a minor, who have been accepted for admission.
27 (2) An individual enrolled in a postsecondary
28 educational institution who will be residing in on-campus
29 housing shall provide documentation of vaccination against
30 meningococcal meningitis, or an individual, if the individual
31 is 18 years of age or older, or an individual's parent or
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1 guardian, if the individual is a minor, may sign a waiver
2 provided by the institution stating that they have received
3 and reviewed the information provided and has chosen not to be
4 vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis.
5 (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
6 require any postsecondary educational institution to provide
7 or pay for vaccinations against meningococcal meningitis.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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12 And the title is amended as follows:
13 remove: Everything before the enacting clause
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16 A bill to be entitled
17 An act relating to immunizations; creating s.
18 381.0421, F;S.; requiring individuals enrolled
19 in a postsecondary educational institution be
20 provided information regarding meningococcal
21 meningitis vaccine; and if residing in
22 on-campus housing provide documentation of
23 vaccination against meningococcal meningitis or
24 sign a waiver stating they have received and
25 reviewed information about the vaccination but
26 have not been vaccinated; providing an
27 effective date.
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29 WHEREAS, meningococcal meningitis is a serious disease
30 that can lead to death within only a few hours of onset, and
31 WHEREAS, meningococcal meningitis is a highly
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1 contagious but largely preventable infection of the spinal
2 cord fluid and the fluid that surrounds the brain, and
3 WHEREAS, one in 10 cases of meningococcal meningitis is
4 fatal, and
5 WHEREAS, one in seven survivors is left with a severe
6 handicap, such as loss of a limb, mental retardation,
7 paralysis, deafness, or seizures, and
8 WHEREAS, individuals of any age can carry the disease
9 for days, weeks, or months unknowingly or without becoming
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11 WHEREAS, at any time, from 10 to 25 percent of the
12 population carries meningococcal meningitis, and
13 WHEREAS, scientific evidence suggests that college
14 students living in dormitory facilities are six times more
15 likely than other individuals to contract meningococcal
16 meningitis, and
17 WHEREAS, immunization against meningococcal meningitis
18 will decrease the risk of disease, and
19 WHEREAS, the Legislature recommends that college
20 freshmen residing in on-campus housing should be vaccinated
21 against meningococcal meningitis, NOW, THEREFORE,
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