HB 1073

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to immunizations; amending s. 400.426,
3	F.S.; requiring assisted living facilities to implement a
4	program to offer immunizations to residents against
5	influenza viruses; amending s. 1003.22, F.S.; requiring
6	each district school board and the governing authority of
7	each private school to provide information concerning
8	meningococcal disease and its vaccine to parents;
9	requiring the Department of Health to adopt rules
10	specifying the age or grade level of students for whom
11	such information will be provided; requiring each district
12	school board and the governing authority of each private
13	school to determine the means and method for the provision
14	of information regarding meningococcal disease to parents;
15	providing an effective date.
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17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1.  Subsection (13) is added to section 400.426,
20	Florida Statutes, to read:
21	400.426  Appropriateness of placements; examinations of
22	residents.--
23	(13)  Between October 1, or earlier if the vaccination is
24	available, and February 1 of each year, subject to the
25	availability of an adequate supply of the necessary vaccine,
26	each assisted living facility licensed pursuant to this part
27	shall implement a program to offer immunizations against
28	influenza viruses to all residents who are age 65 or older, in
29	accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
30	Immunization Practices of the United States Centers for Disease
31	Control and Prevention and subject to the clinical judgment of
32	the responsible practitioner.
33	Section 2.  Subsection (10) of section 1003.22, Florida
34	Statutes, is amended to read:
35	1003.22  School-entry health examinations; immunization
36	against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department
37	of Health.--
38	(10)  Each district school board and the governing
39	authority of each private school shall:
40	(a)  Refuse admittance to any child otherwise entitled to
41	admittance to kindergarten, or any other initial entrance into a
42	Florida public or private school, who is not in compliance with
43	the provisions of subsection (4).
44	(b)  Temporarily exclude from attendance any student who is
45	not in compliance with the provisions of subsection (4).
46	(c)  Provide detailed information concerning the causes,
47	symptoms, and transmission of meningococcal disease; the risks
48	associated with meningococcal disease; and the availability,
49	effectiveness, and known contraindications of any required or
50	recommended vaccine against meningococcal disease to every
51	student's parent, in accordance with the recommended ages of
52	students determined by the Department of Health to be
53	appropriate for the administration of such vaccine. The
54	Department of Health shall adopt rules that specify the age or
55	grade level of students for whom such information shall be
56	provided, consistent with the recommendations of the Advisory
57	Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Centers
58	for Disease Control and Prevention concerning the appropriate
59	age for the administration of the vaccine, and shall make
60	available information concerning the causes, symptoms, and
61	transmission of meningococcal disease; the risks associated with
62	meningococcal disease; and the availability, effectiveness, and
63	known contraindications of any required or recommended vaccine
64	to school districts and the governing authorities of each
65	private school. Each district school board and the governing
66	authority of each private school shall determine the means and
67	methods for the provision of such information to students'
68	parents.
69	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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