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GA HR1095
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/18/2020
Primary Sponsor
Gerald Greene
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AI Summary
- Urges the Georgia Department of Education and the Department of Public Health to encourage all schools to participate in a school-located influenza vaccination program
- Cites that more than 200,000 people are hospitalized and about 36,000 die annually in the U.S. from influenza-related causes, with children aged 5 to 19 being three to four times more likely to be infected than adults
- Notes that school-located vaccination programs can reduce community transmission, lower school absenteeism, and serve as infrastructure for pandemic planning and mass immunization efforts
- Acknowledges that funding and logistics—particularly involving vaccine delivery to children with private insurance—remain challenges to program sustainability
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the Georgia Department of Education and the Department of Public Health
Legislative Description
Georgia Department of Education; encourage all schools to participate in a school-located influenza vaccination program; urge
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/20/2020
Full Bill Text
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