HLS 202ES-19 ORIGINAL
2020 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 13
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCCORMICK
SCHOOLS: Requires that any communication issued to students or parents relative to
immunization requirements include information on exemptions from compliance
with such requirements (Item #42)
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:170(E), relative to immunizations; to require that any
3 communication issued to students relative to immunization requirements include
4 information relative to exemption from such requirements; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:170(E) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง170. Immunization of persons entering schools, kindergartens, colleges,
9 proprietary or vocational schools, and day care centers for the first time;
10 immunization of persons entering sixth grade; electronic transmission of
11 immunization compliance reports
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13 E.(1) No person seeking to enter any school or facility enumerated in
14 Subsection A of this Section shall be required to comply with the provisions of this
15 Section if the student or his parent or guardian submits either a written statement
16 from a physician stating that the procedure is contraindicated for medical reasons,
17 or a written dissent from the student or his parent or guardian is presented.
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HB NO. 13
1 (2) Any communication issued to students or parents relative to the
2 requirements of this Section shall include the text of the exemption provided in
3 Paragraph (1) of this Subsection and the legal citation of such provision.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 13 Original 2020 Second Extraordinary Session McCormick
Abstract: Requires that any communication issued to students or parents about
immunization requirements include that students are exempt if parents provide either
written dissent or a doctor's note relative to medical contraindication.
Present law requires each person entering any school for the first time to present satisfactory
evidence of immunity to or immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases according
to a schedule approved by the office of public health or to present evidence of an
immunization program in progress. Exempts students from this requirement if parents
provide either written dissent or a doctor's note stating the immunizations are medically
contraindicated. Proposed law adds that any communication issued to students or parents
relative to immunization requirements include the text and legal citation of present law
relative to such exemption.
(Amends R.S. 17:170(E))
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