| 1 | The Elder & Long-Term Care Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to immunizations; amending s. 381.005, |
| 7 | F.S.; requiring certain assisted living facilities to |
| 8 | implement a program to offer immunizations against |
| 9 | influenza viruses to residents; requiring the Department |
| 10 | of Health to send such facilities reminder notices each |
| 11 | year; amending s. 1003.22, F.S.; requiring each district |
| 12 | school board and the governing authority of each private |
| 13 | school to provide information to parents concerning |
| 14 | meningococcal disease and its vaccine; requiring the |
| 15 | Department of Health to adopt rules specifying the age or |
| 16 | grade level of students for whom such information will be |
| 17 | provided; requiring each district school board and the |
| 18 | governing authority of each private school to determine |
| 19 | the means and method for the provision of information to |
| 20 | parents regarding meningococcal disease; providing an |
| 21 | effective date. |
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| 23 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 25 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 381.005, Florida |
| 26 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (4) and a new subsection |
| 27 | (3) is added to said section to read: |
| 28 | 381.005 Primary and preventive health services.-- |
| 29 | (3) Between October 1, or earlier if the vaccination is |
| 30 | available, and February 1 of each year, subject to the |
| 31 | availability of an adequate supply of the necessary vaccine, |
| 32 | each assisted living facility licensed pursuant to chapter 400 |
| 33 | that has 11 or more residents shall implement a program to offer |
| 34 | immunizations against influenza viruses to all residents who are |
| 35 | age 65 or older, in accordance with the recommendations of the |
| 36 | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United |
| 37 | States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and subject to |
| 38 | the clinical judgment of the responsible practitioner. By |
| 39 | September 1 of each year, the department shall send to each |
| 40 | assisted living facility covered by this section a reminder |
| 41 | notice relating to the facility's responsibilities under this |
| 42 | section. |
| 43 | Section 2. Subsection (10) of section 1003.22, Florida |
| 44 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 45 | 1003.22 School-entry health examinations; immunization |
| 46 | against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department |
| 47 | of Health.-- |
| 48 | (10) Each district school board and the governing |
| 49 | authority of each private school shall: |
| 50 | (a) Refuse admittance to any child otherwise entitled to |
| 51 | admittance to kindergarten, or any other initial entrance into a |
| 52 | Florida public or private school, who is not in compliance with |
| 53 | the provisions of subsection (4). |
| 54 | (b) Temporarily exclude from attendance any student who is |
| 55 | not in compliance with the provisions of subsection (4). |
| 56 | (c) Provide detailed information to every student's parent |
| 57 | concerning the causes, symptoms, and transmission of |
| 58 | meningococcal disease; the risks associated with meningococcal |
| 59 | disease; and the availability, effectiveness, and known |
| 60 | contraindications of any required or recommended vaccine against |
| 61 | meningococcal disease, in accordance with the recommended ages |
| 62 | of students determined by the Department of Health to be |
| 63 | appropriate for the administration of such vaccine. The |
| 64 | Department of Health shall adopt rules that specify the age or |
| 65 | grade level of students for whom such information shall be |
| 66 | provided, consistent with the recommendations of the Advisory |
| 67 | Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Centers |
| 68 | for Disease Control and Prevention concerning the appropriate |
| 69 | age for the administration of the vaccine, and shall make |
| 70 | available to school districts and the governing authorities of |
| 71 | each private school information concerning the causes, symptoms, |
| 72 | and transmission of meningococcal disease; the risks associated |
| 73 | with meningococcal disease; and the availability, effectiveness, |
| 74 | and known contraindications of any required or recommended |
| 75 | vaccine. Each district school board and the governing authority |
| 76 | of each private school shall determine the means and methods for |
| 77 | the provision of such information to students' parents. |
| 78 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |