HB4607 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4607

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 51/5

Amends the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act. Specifies that the Act also applies to an H1N1 influenza vaccine. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Mercury-Free Vaccine Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(410 ILCS 51/5)

Sec. 5. Banned mercury-containing vaccines.

(a) Commencing January 1, 2006, a person shall not be vaccinated with a mercury-containing vaccine, including, but not limited to, an H1N1 influenza vaccine, that contains more than 1.25 micrograms of mercury per dose.

(b) Commencing January 1, 2008, no person shall be vaccinated with a vaccine, including, but not limited to, an H1N1 influenza vaccine, or injected with any product that contains, or prior to dilution, had contained as an additive, any mercury based product, whether at preservative or trace amount levels.

(c) The Department of Public Health shall implement a policy to distribute, preferentially, influenza vaccines, including, but not limited to, an H1N1 influenza vaccine, that are thimerosal-free or contain only trace amounts of thimerosal for the immunization of children under the age of 3 who are participating in the Vaccines for Children program, provided that the supply of influenza vaccines to health care providers is not impeded by the exercise of this preference. The Department shall annually communicate this policy to the General Assembly and health care providers.

(Source: P.A. 94-614, eff. 1-1-06; 95-409, eff. 1-1-08.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.