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AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 2639

BY: Senator(s) Nunnelee

     AMEND by inserting the following after line 196:

     (9)  The State Board of Health shall develop regulations to ensure that all children enrolled or enrolling in a state licensed child care center receive age-appropriate immunization against invasive pneumococcal disease as recommended by the Advisory Committee on immunization practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The State Board of Health shall include, within its regulations, protocols for children under the age of twenty-four (24) months to catch up on missed doses.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title by inserting the following after the semicolon on line 10:

TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO INCLUDE IMMUNIZATIONS AGAINST INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE AS A REQUIRED VACCINATION FOR CHILDREN ATTENDING A LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITY;