Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB821 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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7	7	SENATE BILL 821
8	8	F1 5lr3192
9	9	CF HB 608
10	10	By: Senators Watson, Muse, and Carozza
11	11	Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025
12	12	Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Primary and Secondary Education – Student Immunization – Temporary 2
19	19	Admission Period 3
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21	21	FOR the purpose of requiring each county board of education to grant certain students 4
22	22	temporary admission to schools for a specified time frame if the parent or guardian 5
23	23	of a student is unable to provide proof of immunization under certain circumstances; 6
24	24	and generally relating to immunization requirements for public school students. 7
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26	26	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
27	27	Article – Education 9
28	28	Section 7–403(a) 10
29	29	Annotated Code of Maryland 11
30	30	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12
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32	32	BY adding to 13
33	33	Article – Education 14
34	34	Section 7–403.1 15
35	35	Annotated Code of Maryland 16
36	36	(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
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38	38	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
39	39	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
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41	41	Article – Education 20
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43	43	7–403. 21
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45	45	(a) (1) In cooperation with the State Board and the Maryland State Medical 22
46	46	Society, the Maryland Department of Health shall adopt rules and regulations regarding 23
47	47	blood tests for lead poisoning required of children entering schools. 24
48	48	2 SENATE BILL 821
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51	51	(2) [In] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 7–403.1 OF THIS SUBTITLE , IN 1
52	52	cooperation with the State Board and the Statewide Advisory Commission on 2
53	53	Immunizations, the Maryland Department of Health shall adopt rules and regulations 3
54	54	regarding immunizations required of children entering schools. 4
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56	56	(3) These rules and regulations shall: 5
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58	58	(i) Be adopted in compliance with the Administrative Procedure 6
59	59	Act; 7
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61	61	(ii) Provide that any child may have the immunization administered 8
62	62	by his personal physician; and 9
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64	64	(iii) 1. By September 2003, in areas designated as at risk for lead 10
65	65	poisoning, as determined under § 18–106 of the Health – General Article, when a child 11
66	66	enters a public prekindergarten program, kindergarten program, or first grade, require the 12
67	67	parent or legal guardian of the child to provide documentation from a health care provider, 13
68	68	on a form developed by the Maryland Department of Health, certifying that the child has 14
69	69	undergone blood testing for lead poisoning administered in accordance with the guidelines 15
70	70	of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the screening of young children for 16
71	71	lead poisoning: Guidance for State and Local Public Health Officials (November 1997) and 17
72	72	any subsequent guidelines; and 18
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74	74	2. By September 2003, require a program or school to report 19
75	75	the name, last known address, and telephone number of each child for whom certified 20
76	76	documentation of a lead test is not provided under item 1 of this item, as determined by 21
77	77	regulation, to the local health department in the jurisdiction where the child resides. 22
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79	79	(4) Any requirement for the administration of pertussis vaccine shall be 23
80	80	consistent with § 18–332(b) of the Health – General Article. 24
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82	82	7–403.1. 25
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84	84	(A) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHA LL TEMPORARILY ADMIT A STUDENT TO 26
85	85	SCHOOL IF THE STUDEN T’S PARENT OR GUARDIAN IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROOF 27
86	86	OF IMMUNIZATION WITH IN THE TIME FRAME RE QUIRED BY REGULATION S ADOPTED 28
87	87	UNDER § 7–403 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 29
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89	89	(B) A PARENT OR GUARDIAN O F A STUDENT GRANTED TEMPORARY 30
90	90	ADMISSION UNDER SUBS ECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHAL L PRESENT EVIDENCE O F 31
91	91	THE STUDENT ’S APPOINTMENT WITH A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OR LOCAL HEALTH 32
92	92	DEPARTMENT TO : 33
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94	94	(1) RECEIVE A REQUIR ED IMMUNIZATION ; 34
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96	96	(2) RECONSTRUCT A LOST RE CORD; OR 35 SENATE BILL 821 3
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100	100	(3) ACQUIRE EVIDENCE OF A GE–APPROPRIATE IMMUNITY ON A FORM 1
101	101	PROVIDED BY THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 2
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103	103	(C) THE DATE OF THE STUDE NT’S APPOINTMENT WITH A HEALTH 3
104	104	PROFESSIONAL OR LOCA L HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAY NOT EXCEED 60 CALENDAR 4
105	105	DAYS FROM THE DATE T HE STUDENT IS GRANTE D TEMPORARY ADMISSIO N. 5
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107	107	(D) A PARENT OR GUARDIAN O F A TEMPORARILY ADMI TTED STUDENT 6
108	108	SHALL PROVID E EVIDENCE OF THE ST UDENT’S REQUIRED IMMUNIZAT IONS ON THE 7
109	109	NEXT SCHOOL DAY FOLL OWING THE STUDENT ’S APPOINTMENT WITH A HEALTH 8
110	110	PROFESSIONAL OR LOCA L HEALTH DEPARTMENT . 9
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112	112	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 10
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