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2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 176
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:170.4(A)(1) and (C)(2), and to enact R.S. 17:170.4(E),
3 relative to immunizations; to require certain students to be immunized against
4 meningococcal disease; to provide for exceptions; to provide relative to rules and
5 regulations; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:170.4(A)(1) and (C)(2) are hereby amended and reenacted and
8 R.S. 17:170.4(E) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง170.4. Immunizations of certain persons against meningococcal disease;
10 exceptions
11 A.(1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, beginning with
12 the 2009-2010 school year and continuing thereafter, a student shall provide
13 satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease in
14 accordance with a directive provided by the state Department of Education and the
15 Louisiana Department of Health that shall be based on the recommendations of the
16 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a condition of entry into the sixth
17 grade and as a condition of entry into the eleventh grade at any city, parish, or other
18 local public school or nonpublic school.
19 (b) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, beginning with the
20 2009-2010 school year and continuing thereafter, a student who is eleven years old
21 and is entering a grade other than the sixth grade and a student who is sixteen years
22 old and is entering a grade other than the eleventh grade shall provide satisfactory
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1 evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease in accordance with
2 a directive provided by the state Department of Education and the Louisiana
3 Department of Health that shall be based on the recommendations of the Centers for
4 Disease Control and Prevention as a condition of entry into such grade at any city,
5 parish, or other local public school or nonpublic school.
6 (c) Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, beginning with the
7 2009-2010 school year and continuing thereafter, a each student who is eleven years
8 old and each student who is sixteen years old and is participating in an approved
9 home study program pursuant to R.S. 17:236.1 shall provide satisfactory evidence
10 of current immunization against meningococcal disease in accordance with a
11 directive provided by the state Department of Education and the Louisiana
12 Department of Health that shall be based on the recommendations of the Centers for
13 Disease Control and Prevention to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
14 Education as provided by rule adopted by the board in accordance with the
15 Administrative Procedure Act.
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17 C.
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19 (2) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall provide such
20 rules, including the implementation schedule, to the state Department of Education
21 by not later than August 1, 2009. The state Department of Education shall notify
22 each city, parish, and other local school board, the governing authority of each
23 nonpublic school system or school in the case of a school not a part of a school
24 system, and the parent or legal guardian of any student participating in an approved
25 home study program as specified in Subparagraph (A)(1)(c) of this Section of the
26 requirements of this Section and the rules and schedule for their implementation as
27 provided by this Section.
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29 E. Any written communication issued to students pursuant to this Section
30 shall include notice that the student's parent, tutor, or legal guardian may be exempt
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1 from compliance with this Section under the conditions set forth in Subsection (B)
2 of this Section.
3 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2019.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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