Vaccination of school children; Department of Health to develop plan for all students in State. (HB270)

Introduced By

Del. David Englin (D-Alexandria)

Description

Plan for the vaccination of school children. Requires the Department of Health develop, with input from the localities, a plan for the prompt vaccination of all children who attend a public or private school in the Commonwealth or who are home instructed but subject to vaccination requirements, upon the declaration of an emergency or epidemic of a vaccine-preventable disease by the Board of Health, and to review and update such plans triennially. This bill includes an exception for children to whose health such vaccines may be detrimental as certified by a physician.   View Full Text »

Outcome

4 votes