91st General Assembly
Summary of SB1931
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Senate Sponsors:
O'MALLEY.

Short description: 
IMMUNIZATION-CONSCIENTIOUS BLF                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Department of Public  Health  Act.   Provides  that  a      
   member of the Immunization Advisory Committee may not contract with or      
   own  stock  in  a  pharmaceutical  company  and  that  a member of the      
   Committee may not have his or her expenses paid  by  a  pharmaceutical      
   company.    Amends  the  School  Code  and  the  Communicable  Disease      
   Prevention Act.  Authorizes parents or legal guardians  to  object  to      
   immunizations  based  on  grounds  of  a  conscientiously held belief.      
   Defines "conscientiously held belief" as a deeply held moral sense  of      
   right  and  wrong  used as the guide to making a decision or taking an      
   action. Requires a school or person, at the time the school or  person      
   notifies  a  parent  or  guardian  of  the health exam or immunization      
   requirement, to inform the parent or guardian that the  child  may  be      
   exempt  from  the  requirement  on  religious or medical grounds or on      
   grounds of a conscientiously held belief. Requires the State Board  of      
   Education,  by rule, to develop procedures to implement the exemptions      
   uniformly in all school districts in the  State.   Provides  that  the      
   Director  of  Public Health may not require immunization against a new      
   preventable communicable disease after  the  effective  date  of  this      
   amendatory  Act  unless specifically directed to by statute enacted by      
   the General Assembly after the effective date of this amendatory  Act.      
   Provides  that  employment  may  not  be conditioned on the receipt of      
   immunization for hepatitis B.  Provides that  an  employer  of  health      
   care professionals who administer immunizations must inform the health      
   care  professionals,  in  writing,  that  a  child  may be exempt from      
   immunization requirements  on  religious  or  medical  grounds  or  on      
   grounds of a conscientiously held belief. Effective immediately.            
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 01-01-09

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   0


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