MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Universities and Colleges
By: Representative Banks
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PUBLIC COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THIS STATE TO PROHIBIT A STUDENT WHO HAS NOT BEEN VACCINATED FOR MENINGITIS FROM LIVING IN A DORMITORY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 41-23-45, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-23-45. (1) The State Department of Health shall prepare written educational information on the risks associated with meningitis and hepatitis A and B and the availability and effectiveness of available vaccines for these diseases. The department shall provide this written educational information to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges to be used to inform students about meningitis and hepatitis A and B. This information shall be sent to students with their letters of acceptance for admission or included in the students' admission packets.
(2) Public community and junior colleges in this state shall prohibit any student who has not been vaccinated for meningitis from living in a dormitory.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.