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AZ HB2472

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/4/2019

Primary Sponsor

Nancy Barto

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature - First Regular Session (2019)

AI Summary

  • Requires health professionals to notify individuals (or parents/guardians for children) before administering vaccines about the option to undergo antibody titer testing, effective January 1, 2020.

  • Mandates notification about the option for antibody titer testing before administering any vaccine against a disease where naturally acquired immunity may exist and a licensed test is available.

  • Requires notification before administering second or subsequent vaccine doses about the option for antibody titer testing to determine if positive antibody titer has already developed from prior doses or natural infection.

  • Mandates that health professionals inform patients that no state vaccination requirement exists except for children attending public or private schools, and that exemptions from immunization requirements are available.

  • Defines "antibody titer test" as a serum test measuring the presence and amount of antibodies against a particular antigen as serologic proof of immunity.

Legislative Description

Vaccinations; antibody titer testing; notification

Immunizations

Last Action

House Committee of the Whole action: Retained on the Calendar

2/26/2019

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