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1 1 Amend House File 396 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 10, by inserting after line 23 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . SMALLPOX VACCINATIONS. It is the
1 5 intent of the general assembly that public safety
1 6 workers, smallpox response teams, and others who will
1 7 be required to be vaccinated pursuant to the federal
1 8 Homeland Security Act be protected from both health-
1 9 related and other results of the federally required
1 10 vaccination. State and local government should work
1 11 with employees in the public safety areas or response
1 12 teams to achieve the following:
1 13 1. Vaccinations should be given only on a
1 14 voluntary basis.
1 15 2. Extensive screening should be employed to
1 16 protect those workers who would be at risk from
1 17 current health conditions if vaccinated.
1 18 3. Reprisals or discrimination for workers not
1 19 voluntarily receiving vaccinations should be
1 20 prohibited.
1 21 4. Public employers should protect employees from
1 22 loss of income or seniority as a result of side
1 23 effects from vaccinations. Homeland security moneys
1 24 received from the federal government should include a
1 25 set-aside to purchase supplemental insurance for
1 26 public safety or response employees to cover those
1 27 reactions not covered by traditional employer-provided
1 28 health insurance.
1 29 5. Disability or long-term reactions from
1 30 vaccinations should be considered a work-related
1 31 injury and should be covered by local or state
1 32 policies governing disability.
1 33 6. Vaccinations should be scheduled at staggered
1 34 times to allow for normal loss of staff time because
1 35 of vaccination-related illnesses without seriously
1 36 hampering public safety service.
1 37 7. Vaccinations administered in Iowa should meet
1 38 the requirements of the federal Needlestick Safety and
1 39 Prevention Act of 2000 that requires safety features
1 40 in the use of needles to administer medicine.
1 41 8. The Iowa department of public health and the
1 42 division of emergency management of the department of
1 43 public defense should coordinate efforts to ensure
1 44 adequate supplies of vaccinia immune globulin and
1 45 cidofovir and other appropriate medical care and
1 46 pharmaceuticals to protect those employees who suffer
1 47 reactions to vaccinations."
1 48 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
1 49
1 50
2 1
2 2 MURPHY of Dubuque
2 3 HF 396.302 80
2 4 pf/cf
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