Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1116 Barcode 168688 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 02/23/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Health Regulation (Sobel) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the 6 parent or guardian of each student entering grade 6 shall be 7 provided information on the availability of vaccination against 8 human papillomavirus as recommended by the Centers for Disease 9 Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization 10 Practices (ACIP). Such information shall be approved by the 11 Department of Health for dissemination by the Department of 12 Education. The information will, at a minimum, include the 13 connection between the human papillomavirus and cervical cancer 14 as well as other cancers and diseases. The information must also 15 notify the parent or guardian that a vaccine is available to 16 help prevent human papillomavirus infection and that the vaccine 17 is recommended to be given before grade 7 entry. 18 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 19 20 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 21 And the title is amended as follows: 22 Delete everything before the enacting clause 23 and insert: 24 A bill to be entitled 25 An act relating to the human papillomavirus; requiring 26 information regarding the human papillomavirus, its 27 effects, and available vaccines to parents or 28 guardians of all children entering grade 6; providing 29 an effective date.