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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2341 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO HEPATITIS TYPE B IMMUNIZATIONS OF CHILDREN 1 5 AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY PROVISION AND AN 1 6 EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 139.9, subsection 2, Code 1997, is 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 2. a. A person shall not be enrolled in any licensed 1 13 child care center, elementary or secondary school in Iowa 1 14 without evidence of adequate immunization against diphtheria, 1 15 pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, rubeola, and rubella. 1 16 b. Evidence of adequate immunization against haemophilus 1 17 influenza b shall be required prior to enrollment in any 1 18 licensed child care center. 1 19 c. Evidence of hepatitis type B immunization shall be 1 20 required of a child born on or after July 1, 1994, prior to 1 21 enrollment in school in kindergarten or in any grade. 1 22 d. Immunizations shall be provided according to 1 23 recommendations provided by the Iowa department of public 1 24 health subject to the provisions of subsections 3 and 4. 1 25 Sec. 2. HEPATITIS TYPE B PLAN. The Iowa department of 1 26 public health shall develop a plan for protecting Iowans 1 27 against hepatitis type B and requiring that minor children be 1 28 adequately immunized against hepatitis type B. The plan shall 1 29 incorporate the health and religious exemptions in section 1 30 139.9, subsections 3 and 4. The plan shall be submitted to 1 31 the governor and general assembly by October 1, 1998. 1 32 Sec. 3. RULES APPLICABILITY. Section 1 of this Act, 1 33 requiring evidence of hepatitis type B immunization, shall 1 34 first be applicable to enrollments for the 1999-2000 school 1 35 year. The Iowa department of public health shall adopt rules 2 1 on or before October 1, 1998, to implement the provisions of 2 2 section 1 of this Act. 2 3 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 4 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 MARY E. KRAMER 2 9 President of the Senate 2 10 2 11 2 12 2 13 RON J. CORBETT 2 14 Speaker of the House 2 15 2 16 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 17 is known as Senate File 2341, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 2 22 Secretary of the Senate 2 23 Approved , 1998 2 24 2 25 2 26 2 27 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 2 28 Governor
Text: SF02340 Text: SF02342 Text: SF02300 - SF02399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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