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Relating to vaccines, including modifying provisions related to a minor’s legal capacity to give consent to the provision of vaccines and provisions related to the instruction provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools related to the human papilloma virus
Topics:K–12 educationHealth care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 1, 2023
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Under this law, minors would no longer be allowed to give their own consent for certain vaccinations listed on a federal injury table. It also removes the requirement for schools to teach students about the human papilloma virus (HPV) and its vaccine in their health classes.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to vaccines, including modifying provisions related to a minor’s legal capacity to give consent to the provision of vaccines and provisions related to the instruction provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools related to the human papilloma virus. Current law provides that a minor has the legal capacity to act and give consent to provision of medical care or services to the minor for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease or infection by a hospital, clinic, or health care provider. The bill modifies this provision to provide that a minor shall not have the legal capacity to give consent for the provision of vaccinations included on the vaccine injury table created and revised pursuant to federal law. Current law requires that the human growth and development or health curriculum provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools be both research-based and age-appropriate. Within those limitations, current law also requires that the human growth and development or health curriculum include information regarding the human papilloma virus (HPV) and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV. The bill strikes this requirement.