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HOUSE BILL NO. 275
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVES EASTMAN, Carpenter, Kurka
Introduced: 1/18/22
Referred: Education, Health and Social Services
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
1 "An Act relating to vaccines and vaccinations; relating to schools; and providing for an
2 effective date."
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
4 * Section 1. AS 14.07.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
5 (d) Notwithstanding (a)(7) of this section, the department may not adopt a
6 regulation requiring a child to receive a vaccine if the vaccine
7 (1) has not yet received formal approval by the United States Food and
8 Drug Administration; or
9 (2) is a human gene therapy product that has not yet been subject to a
10 complete long-term follow-up study period.
11 * Sec. 2. AS 14.30.125 is amended to read:
12 Sec. 14.30.125. Immunization. If, in the judgment of the commissioner of
13 health and social services, it is necessary for the welfare of the children or the general
14 public in an area, the governing body of a [THE] school district shall require the
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1 children in that school district [ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THAT AREA] to be
2 immunized against the diseases the commissioner of health and social services may
3 specify.
4 * Sec. 3. AS 14.30.125 is amended by adding new subsections to read:
5 (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a school district may not require a
6 child in that school district to receive a vaccine if
7 (1) the vaccine has not yet received formal approval by the United
8 States Food and Drug Administration;
9 (2) the vaccine is a human gene therapy product that has not yet been
10 subject to a complete long-term follow-up study period; or
11 (3) the school district only delivers instruction to the child through
12 telecommunications or other digital or electronic methods.
13 (c) In this section, "school district" means a borough school district, city
14 school district, regional educational attendance area, or state boarding school.
15 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).
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Statutes affected:
HB0275A, AM HB 275, introduced 01/14/2022: 14.07.020, 14.30.125