| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to childhood vaccinations; requiring that |
| 3 | health care providers disclose information about childhood |
| 4 | vaccinations to a minor's parent or legal guardian before |
| 5 | vaccinating the minor; requiring the Department of Health |
| 6 | to develop a standardized form; prohibiting a health care |
| 7 | provider from administering a vaccination to a minor until |
| 8 | after the minor's parent or guardian signs the form; |
| 9 | requiring that the parent or legal guardian sign the form |
| 10 | within a certain time; requiring certain health care |
| 11 | providers to provide information about childhood vaccines |
| 12 | to patients who are pregnant; requiring the department to |
| 13 | create and maintain a website; providing an effective |
| 14 | date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. (1) Before vaccinating a minor, a health care |
| 19 | provider who is licensed in this state and who, as a part of his |
| 20 | or her scope of practice, administers childhood vaccinations |
| 21 | shall consult with and disclose to the parent or legal guardian |
| 22 | of the minor information about any childhood vaccinations that |
| 23 | may be administered, including, but not limited to: |
| 24 | (a) Information contained in the vaccine package insert |
| 25 | that details the vaccine ingredients and contraindications. |
| 26 | (b) Potential side effects of the vaccine. |
| 27 | (c) The efficacy of the vaccine. |
| 28 | (d) Risks associated with the disease that the vaccination |
| 29 | is intended to prevent. |
| 30 | (e) Options that are available with regard to the |
| 31 | administration of the vaccination, including the timing or |
| 32 | combination of multiple vaccinations. |
| 33 | (2) The Department of Health shall develop and provide to |
| 34 | each health care provider who is licensed in this state and who, |
| 35 | as a part of his or her scope of practice, administers childhood |
| 36 | vaccinations a standardized form indicating that the health care |
| 37 | provider has fulfilled the requirements in subsection (1). The |
| 38 | form shall be kept with the minor's permanent medical record. |
| 39 | The health care provider may not vaccinate a minor until after |
| 40 | the minor's parent or legal guardian signs the standardized |
| 41 | form. The parent or legal guardian of a minor shall sign and |
| 42 | date the standardized form: |
| 43 | (a) Immediately after the consultation; or |
| 44 | (b) At any time after the consultation when the parent or |
| 45 | guardian believes that he or she is adequately informed about |
| 46 | the vaccinations, but before the child is admitted to a licensed |
| 47 | child care facility in this state or enrolled in prekindergarten |
| 48 | through grade 12 of a public or private school in this state. |
| 49 | (3) A health care provider who is licensed in this state |
| 50 | and who, as a part of his or her scope of practice, renders |
| 51 | prenatal care to pregnant women shall provide information about |
| 52 | childhood vaccines to each patient who is in her 30th week of |
| 53 | pregnancy. |
| 54 | (4) The Department of Health shall create and maintain a |
| 55 | website that contains information regarding each childhood |
| 56 | vaccination and the standardized form described in subsection |
| 57 | (2). |
| 58 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |