| 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. 1003.22, |
| 7 | F.S.; requiring each district school board and the |
| 8 | governing authority of each private school to provide |
| 9 | information to parents concerning meningococcal disease |
| 10 | and the vaccine therefor; requiring the Department of |
| 11 | Health to adopt rules specifying the age or grade level of |
| 12 | students for whom such information will be provided; |
| 13 | requiring each district school board and the governing |
| 14 | authority of each private school to determine the means |
| 15 | and method for the provision of information to parents |
| 16 | concerning meningococcal disease; providing an effective |
| 17 | date. |
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| 19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 21 | Section 1. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (10) of |
| 22 | section 1003.22, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 23 | 1003.22 School-entry health examinations; immunization |
| 24 | against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department |
| 25 | of Health.-- |
| 26 | (10) Each district school board and the governing |
| 27 | authority of each private school shall: |
| 28 | (c) Provide detailed information concerning the causes, |
| 29 | symptoms, and transmission of meningococcal disease; the risks |
| 30 | associated with meningococcal disease; and the availability, |
| 31 | effectiveness, and known contraindications of any required or |
| 32 | recommended vaccine against meningococcal disease to every |
| 33 | student's parent, in accordance with the recommended ages of |
| 34 | students determined by the Department of Health to be |
| 35 | appropriate for the administration of such vaccine. The |
| 36 | Department of Health shall adopt rules that specify the age or |
| 37 | grade level of students for whom such information shall be |
| 38 | provided, consistent with the recommendations of the Advisory |
| 39 | Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Centers |
| 40 | for Disease Control and Prevention concerning the appropriate |
| 41 | age for the administration of the vaccine, and shall make |
| 42 | available information concerning the causes, symptoms, and |
| 43 | transmission of meningococcal disease; the risks associated with |
| 44 | meningococcal disease; and the availability, effectiveness, and |
| 45 | known contraindications of any required or recommended vaccine |
| 46 | against meningococcal disease to school districts and the |
| 47 | governing authorities of each private school. Each district |
| 48 | school board and the governing authority of each private school |
| 49 | shall determine the means and methods for the provision of such |
| 50 | information to students' parents. |
| 51 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |