Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 242
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: RE            .                                
                  04/21/2009           .                                
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       The Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means (Deutch)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (249710) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 40 - 43
    5  and insert:
    6  importation, or administration of any human vaccine used for
    7  children under age 4 or a woman the physician knows to be
    8  pregnant which contains any organic or inorganic mercury
    9  compound in excess of 0.1 microgram per milliliter, except:
   10         (a) If the Governor declares a state of emergency, the
   11  Governor may, by executive order, waive this provision of law
   12  and permit mercury-containing vaccines as needed.
   13         (b) If a child or pregnant woman can only receive a vaccine
   14  for which there is not a mercury-free alternative of 0.1
   15  microgram per milliliter or less approved by the Food and Drug
   16  Administration, this provision of law may be exempted until such
   17  time as a mercury-free alternative becomes available.
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   19  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   20         And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete lines 4 - 5
   22  and insert:
   23         manufacture, delivery, importation, and administration
   24         of certain vaccines containing
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   26         Delete line 7
   27  and insert:
   28         certain amount; providing exceptions; amending s.
   29         1003.22, F.S.; revising