SB 45

Under existing law, there is no requirement that day care centers provide parents with information about influenza disease and the influenza vaccine

This bill would require day care centers to provide parents with information about influenza disease and the influenza vaccine

Relating to day care centers; to add new Section 38-7-14.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, by requiring day care centers to provide parents with information about influenza disease and the influenza vaccine.

Section 1

Section 38-7-14.1 is added to the Code of Alabama 1975, to read as follows: §38-7-14.1. (a) Not later than September 1, annually, each day care center shall provide educational information on influenza disease to the parent or legal guardian of each enrolled child. The educational information shall include, but need not be limited to, the causes and symptoms of influenza and the means by which it is spread, the risks associated with influenza, the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of the influenza vaccine, and the latest influenza vaccine recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (b) Nothing in this section shall require a day care center to provide or pay for any vaccination for influenza.

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.