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H.B. 1090. A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-271.2 and 32.1-46 of the Code of Virginia, relating to required immunizations. 20106244D

Patron--Hope

Reported from Committee on Education and Health with amendment (9-Y 6-N)

YEAS--Lucas, Saslaw, Howell, Locke, Barker, Lewis, Dunnavant, Edwards, Hashmi--9.

NAYS--Newman, Petersen, Cosgrove, Suetterlein, Peake, Chafin--6.

ABSTENTIONS--0.

Rereferred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations

Reported from Committee on Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N 1-A)

YEAS--Howell, Saslaw, Hanger, Lucas, Ruff, Barker, Edwards, Deeds, Locke, Marsden, Ebbin, McClellan--12.

NAYS--Vogel, Petersen--2.

ABSTENTIONS--Norment--1.

AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE SENATE

EDUCATION AND HEALTH

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        2. That the Commissioner of Health (the Commissioner) shall annually report to the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on the implementation of § 32.1-46 of the Code of Virginia as amended by this act. In making this report, the Commissioner shall identify, for the pertinent year, (i) any immunization added to the schedule of required immunizations, (ii) childhood immunization coverage rates, (iii) the number of religious and medical exemptions granted and the ratio of the exempted population, (iv) any immunization removed from the Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Aged 18 Years or Younger published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, and (v) any required immunization for which Federal Drug Administration approval is retracted.
        3. That the Department of Health and the Department of Education shall jointly review §§ 22.1-271.2 and 32.1-46 of the Code of Virginia as amended by this act and report to the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on the effectiveness of the required vaccination program in promoting public health by December 1, 2021.