HPV INFORMATION IN SCHOOLS S.B. 415 & 416: COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Senate Bills 415 and 416 (as introduced 4-19-07)
Sponsor: Senator Deborah Cherry (S.B. 415)
Senator Tony Stamas (S.B. 416)
Committee: Health Policy
Date Completed: 5-16-07
CONTENT
Senate Bill 415 would amend the Public Health Code to require the Department of Community Health (DCH) to identify materials about human papillomavirus (HPV) and immunization for it, notify schools of the availability of the materials, and encourage schools to make the information available to students and their parents.
Senate Bill 416 would amend the Revised School Code to require a school board that provided information on school health issues to the parents of students in or entering the sixth grade to include information about HPV and the HPV vaccine.
The bills are described below in further detail.
Senate Bill 415
The bill would require the DCH to identify materials that contained information regarding the risks associated with HPV and the availability, effectiveness, and potential risks of immunization for HPV. The DCH would have to notify each public school, public school academy, and nonpublic school in the State of the availability of the materials and would have to post them on its website.
The DCH would have to encourage each public school, public school academy, and nonpublic school to provide the information or make it available to students enrolled in the school and their parents.
Senate Bill 416
Under the bill, if, at the beginning of the school year, the board of a school district or board of directors of a public school academy provided information on immunizations, infectious disease, medication, or other school health issues to parents and guardians of pupils in or entering grade six, the board would have to include information about HPV and the HPV vaccine. At a minimum, the information would have to include the risks associated with HPV; the availability, effectiveness, and potential risks of immunization for HPV; and sources where parents and guardians could obtain additional information about HPV and could obtain vaccination of a child against HPV.
Proposed MCL 333.9205b (S.B. 415) Legislative Analyst: Julie Cassidy
MCL 380.1177a (S.B. 416)
FISCAL IMPACT
Senate Bill 415
Enactment of the bill would lead to an indeterminate increase in administrative cost for the Department of Community Health associated with researching educational materials about HPV and HPV immunization and notifying schools of the availability of the information.
Senate Bill 416
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State government.
School districts providing other health information to families of sixth graders would see minimally increased costs if this bill were enacted, pertaining to the compilation and distribution of information on HPV.
Fiscal Analyst: David Fosdick
Kathryn Summers-Coty
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb415&416/0708