House Journal: Page 642: Tuesday, March 18, 2003
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
House File 396, a bill for an act relating to disaster preparedness
and providing an effective date, was taken up for consideration.
Tymeson of Madison offered the following amendment H-1038 filed
by her and moved its adoption:
H-1038
1 Amend House File 396 as follows:
2 1. Page 1, line 16, by inserting after the word
3 "director" the following: "or the director's
4 designee".
5 2. Page 3, lines 24 and 25, by striking the words
6 "national pharmaceutical" and inserting the following:
7 "strategic national".
8 3. Page 5, line 20, by striking the words "to
9 produce" and inserting the following: "by the owner
10 to procure".
Amendment H-1038 was adopted.
Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H-1047 filed
by him and moved its adoption:
H-1047
1 Amend House File 396 as follows:
2 1. Page 10, by inserting after line 23 the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . SMALLPOX VACCINATIONS. It is the
5 intent of the general assembly that public safety
6 workers, smallpox response teams, and others who will
7 be required to be vaccinated pursuant to the federal
8 Homeland Security Act be protected from both health-
9 related and other results of the federally required
10 vaccination. State and local government should work
11 with employees in the public safety areas or response
12 teams to achieve the following:
13 1. Vaccinations should be given only on a
14 voluntary basis.
15 2. Extensive screening should be employed to
16 protect those workers who would be at risk from
17 current health conditions if vaccinated.
18 3. Reprisals or discrimination for workers not
19 voluntarily receiving vaccinations should be
20 prohibited.
21 4. Public employers should protect employees from
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