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MS SB2057

Bill

Status

Failed

1/30/2018

Primary Sponsor

Angela Burks Hill

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • State Health Officer must require vaccine-providing entities to supply patients with vaccine information statements approved by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, effective July 1, 2018

  • Requirement applies to all individuals receiving vaccinations in Mississippi

  • Existing provisions remain in effect regarding mandatory school vaccinations for enrollment, medical exemptions, and reporting requirements for schools

  • School officials must enforce immunization compliance and report vaccination status to health officers within specified timeframes

  • Failure to enforce immunization requirements constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment or both

Legislative Description

Vaccine safety; SDH require vaccine information statements to be supplied to individual receiving the vaccination.

Last Action

Died In Committee

1/30/2018

Committee Referrals

Public Health and Welfare1/3/2018

Full Bill Text

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