Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 242
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    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 Amendment to Amendment (107900) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 4 - 17
    5  and insert:
    6         Delete lines 39-43
    7  and insert:
    8         (30) The administration of any human vaccine used for
    9  children under age 4 or a woman the physician knows to be
   10  pregnant which contains any organic or inorganic mercury
   11  compound in excess of 0.1 microgram per milliliter, except:
   12         (a) If the Governor declares a state of emergency, the
   13  Governor may, by executive order, waive this provision of law
   14  and permit mercury-containing vaccines as needed.
   15         (b) If a child or pregnant woman can only receive a vaccine
   16  for which there is not a mercury-free alternative of 0.1
   17  microgram per milliliter or less approved by the Food and Drug
   18  Administration, this provision of law may be exempted until such
   19  time as a mercury-free alternative becomes available.
   20  
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   22         And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete lines 21 - 29
   24  and insert:
   25         Delete lines 3-7
   26  and insert:
   27         499.005, F.S.; prohibiting the administration of
   28         certain vaccines containing organic or inorganic
   29         mercury compounds in excess of a certain amount;
   30         providing exceptions; amending s. 1003.22, F.S.;
   31         revising