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2009 Regular Session

House Bill 455

Vaccinations; revise requirements for medical exemptions from in order to attend school.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER MUST GRANT A MEDICAL EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATION IN ORDER TO ATTEND SCHOOL PROVIDED BY A MISSISSIPPI PHYSICIAN WHO IS A PEDIATRICIAN OR FAMILY PRACTITIONER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER SHALL REVIEW THE MEDICAL EXEMPTION WITH THE PHYSICIAN, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST, AT THREE MONTHS AND SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EXEMPTION WAS GRANTED TO DETERMINE IF THE EXEMPTION SHOULD BE CONTINUED FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME OR INDEFINITELY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER DETERMINES, AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER THE MEDICAL EXEMPTION WAS GRANTED, THAT THE MEDICAL EXEMPTION WILL CAUSE UNDUE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY, THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER MAY DISALLOW THE MEDICAL EXEMPTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Joe C. Gardner

Its course

January 12 to March 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action8 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 12 to Feb 1231 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 12 to Feb 221 days

In the SenateFeb 12 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 12 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 12Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Feb 2Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 11Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 12Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 13 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Education
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 12Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 17Referred To Public Health and Welfare;EducationSenate
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate