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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5135
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 551
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELORA, 86
th Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINES
CONTAINING THIMEROSAL TO CHILDREN UNDER THREE YEARS
OF AGE AND PREGNANT WOMEN AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
REQUIREMENTS FOR IMMUNIZATIONS FOR NONCOMMUNICABLE
DISEASES IN A CHILD CARE OR SCHOOL SETTING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) prohibit any health care 1
provider from administering any vaccine containing more than a trace 2
amount of thimerosal to any child under three years of age or pregnant 3
woman, and (2) prohibit the establishment of any immunization 4
requirements for a child care or school setting for diseases that are 5
noncommunicable, including, but not limited to, hepatitis B and 6
human papillomavirus. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To protect children and pregnant women from harmful ingredients
contained in vaccines and to prohibit requirements related to the
administration of certain vaccines.