| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the human papillomavirus; requiring |
| 3 | public and private middle schools in the state to provide |
| 4 | to certain students and their parents or guardians |
| 5 | information concerning the human papillomavirus, its |
| 6 | vaccine, and cervical cancer; prohibiting certain students |
| 7 | from admission into school without providing evidence of |
| 8 | vaccination for the human papillomavirus; providing an |
| 9 | exception; prohibiting a principal from knowingly |
| 10 | admitting a student into school without evidence of |
| 11 | vaccination for the human papillomavirus; providing an |
| 12 | exception; requiring the Department of Education, in |
| 13 | consultation with the Department of Health, to prescribe |
| 14 | the content of the information regarding the connection |
| 15 | between the human papillomavirus and cervical cancer and |
| 16 | the availability of a vaccine preventing human |
| 17 | papillomavirus; providing an effective date. |
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| 19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 21 | Section 1. (1) Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, |
| 22 | each public or private middle school in this state shall provide |
| 23 | to each student who is 11 years of age or 12 years of age and to |
| 24 | the parents or guardian of such student information concerning |
| 25 | the connection between the human papillomavirus (HPV) and |
| 26 | cervical cancer and the availability of a vaccine preventing |
| 27 | human papillomavirus. |
| 28 | (2) Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year: |
| 29 | (a) A student who is 11 years of age or 12 years of age |
| 30 | may not be admitted to any private or public school in this |
| 31 | state until that student submits to the school acceptable |
| 32 | evidence of vaccination for the human papillomavirus or proof |
| 33 | that, after receiving the information required in subsection |
| 34 | (1), the student's parent or guardian has elected that the |
| 35 | student not receive the vaccine. |
| 36 | (b) A principal or any other person in charge of a public |
| 37 | or private school may not knowingly admit a student who is 11 |
| 38 | years of age or 12 years of age until that student submits to |
| 39 | the school acceptable evidence of vaccination for the human |
| 40 | papillomavirus or proof that, after receiving the information |
| 41 | required in subsection (1), the student's parent or guardian has |
| 42 | elected that the student not receive the vaccine. |
| 43 | (3) The Department of Education, in consultation with the |
| 44 | Department of Health, shall prescribe the content of the |
| 45 | information required in subsection (1). |
| 46 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |