refrained from voting.
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
Senate File 2314, a bill for an act relating to communicable and
infectious diseases and providing penalties, with report of committee
recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for
consideration.
Boddicker of Cedar offered the following amendment H-8340 filed
by the committee on human resources and moved its adoption:
H-8340
1 Amend Senate File 2314, as amended, passed, and
2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
3 1. Page 6, by striking lines 16 through 23, and
4 inserting the following:
5 "4. Immunization is not required for a person's
6 enrollment in any elementary or secondary school or
7 licensed child care center if either of the following
8 applies:
9 a. The applicant, or if the applicant is a minor,
10 the applicant's parent or legal guardian, submits to
11 the admitting official a statement signed by a
12 physician, who is licensed by the state board of
13 medical examiners, that, in the physician's opinion,
14 the immunizations required would be injurious to the
15 health and well-being of the applicant or any member
16 of the applicant's family.
17 b. The applicant, or if the applicant is a minor,
18 the applicant's parent or legal guardian, submits an
19 affidavit signed by the applicant, or if the applicant
20 is a minor, the applicant's parent or legal guardian,
21 stating that the immunization conflicts with the
22 tenets and practices of a recognized religious
23 denomination of which the applicant is an adherent or
24 member.
25 The exemptions under this subsection do not apply
26 in times of emergency or epidemic as determined by the
27 state board of health and as declared by the director
28 of public health."
29 2. Page 20, line 2, by inserting after the word
30 "department." the following: "This section shall not
31 be construed to require treatment of the infant's eyes
32 with a prophylactic solution if the infant's parent or
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