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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4870 Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Robyn Gabel - Kelly M. Cassidy and Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring students, upon entering the sixth grade of any public, private, or parochial school, to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and requiring confirmation that the student has completed the series of HPV vaccinations upon entering the ninth grade of any public, private, or parochial school. Provides that the Department shall adopt the rule in time to allow students to receive the vaccination before the start of the school year beginning in 2022. Effective January 1, 2021.
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| | HB4870 | | LRB101 19593 CPF 69069 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Communicable Disease Prevention Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 2f as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 315/2f new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2f. Human papillomavirus vaccination. The Department |
| 8 | | of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring students, upon |
| 9 | | entering the sixth grade of any public, private, or parochial |
| 10 | | school, to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination |
| 11 | | and requiring confirmation that the student has completed the |
| 12 | | series of HPV vaccinations upon entering the ninth grade of any |
| 13 | | public, private, or parochial school. The Department shall |
| 14 | | adopt the rule in time to allow students to receive the |
| 15 | | vaccination before the start of the school year beginning in |
| 16 | | 2022.
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| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
| 18 | | 1, 2021.
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