House Amendment 1047 PAG LIN 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 -1-