Senate Study Bill 1077 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON RAGAN)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring invasive pneumococcal disease immunization for
  2    children enrolling in licensed child care centers.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1737SC 82
  5 jp/es/88

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 139A.8, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  Evidence of adequate immunization against haemophilus
  1  4 influenza B and invasive pneumococcal disease shall be
  1  5 required prior to enrollment in any licensed child care
  1  6 center.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill requires an invasive pneumococcal disease
  1  9 immunization for children enrolled in a licensed child care
  1 10 center.  The bill includes requirement in Code section 139A.8,
  1 11 relating to immunization requirements for children
  1 12 administered by the Iowa department of public health.
  1 13 Existing exemption provisions relating to health risk and
  1 14 religious belief remain applicable to the new requirement.
  1 15 LSB 1737SC 82
  1 16 jp:nh/es/88