House File 2440 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2440 BY KAUFMANN A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting school districts and accredited nonpublic 1 schools from administering vaccines and immunizations 2 without prior written consent from a student’s parent or 3 guardian. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5851YH (4) 88 kh/jh
H.F. 2440 Section 1. Section 280.23, Code 2020, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 280.23 Student health services. 3 The board of directors of each public school district and 4 the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall not 5 require do any of the following: 6 1. Require nonadministrative personnel to perform any 7 special health services or intrusive nonemergency medical 8 services for students unless the nonadministrative personnel 9 are licensed or otherwise qualified and have consented to 10 perform the services. 11 2. Allow the administration of a vaccine or immunization to 12 a student on the school premises or through a school-sponsored 13 vaccination effort by personnel authorized to administer 14 vaccines or immunizations unless the student’s parent or 15 guardian provides prior written authorization to the school for 16 the administration of each vaccine or immunization administered 17 to the student. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill provides that the board of directors of a school 22 district and the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school 23 shall not allow the administration of a vaccine or immunization 24 to a student on school premises or at a school-sponsored 25 vaccination effort without first acquiring the written consent 26 of the student’s parent or guardian for each vaccine or 27 immunization the student is administered. 28 -1- LSB 5851YH (4) 88 kh/jh 1/ 1