HB 2255 -- MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINATIONS

SPONSOR:  Jones (89)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Healthcare
Transformation by a vote of 8 to 1.

This bill requires the Department of Health and Senior Services
to develop information by January 1, 2011, for each school
district to provide at the beginning of each school year to the
parent or guardian and each student in sixth through twelfth
grade about meningococcal disease and the availability of a
vaccine to prevent the disease.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2011, FY 2012, and
FY 2013.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill does not require the
vaccination but provides only educational information regarding
the vaccine which is recommended for middle school age children.
Parents will decide whether or not to have their child
vaccinated.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Jones (89); Paula
Jimenez; Sanofi Pasteur; and Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Corporation.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm