Bill Text: NJ S941 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires students at institutions of higher education to receive immunization for meningitis in accordance with recommendations of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.*
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-06-27 - Substituted by A1991 (1R) [S941 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S941-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Senator ROBERT M. GORDON
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Weinberg
SYNOPSIS
Requires students at institutions of higher education to receive immunization for meningitis in accordance with recommendations of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Higher Education Committee on June 6, 2019, with amendments.
An Act concerning immunizations for meningococcal disease and amending P.L.2003, c.284.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.2003, c.284 (C.18A:62-15.1) is amended to read as follows:
2. a. Beginning in September 2004, a new student enrolling in [a program leading to an academic degree at] a public or private institution of higher education in this State 1[, who resides in a campus dormitory,]1 shall [receive a] have received immunization for meningococcal [vaccination] disease as recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a condition of attendance at that institution, except as provided in section 3 of [this act] P.L.2003, c.284 (C.18A:62-15.2).
1[As used in [this act] P.L.2003, c.284 (C.18A:62-15.1 et seq.), "institution of higher education" means a university or college that provides a four-year program of instruction.]1
b. A student shall present evidence of the vaccination required pursuant to subsection a. of this section to the institution in a manner prescribed by the institution.
c. The Department of Health [and Senior Services] shall require each public or private institution of higher education in this State to offer the [vaccination] immunization required pursuant to subsection a. of this section to its students through the institution's student health services program or through a contractual agreement with a community health care provider.
d. The Commissioner of Health [and Senior Services] shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to carry out the purposes of subsections a., b. and c. of this section and section 3 of 1[this act] P.L.2003, c.284 (C.18A:62-15.2)1.
1[e. Nothing in [this act] P.L.2003, c.284 (C.18A:62-15.1 et seq.) shall be construed to require a student who does not reside in a campus dormitory to receive [a] immunization for meningococcal [vaccination] disease.]1
(cf: P.L.2003, c.284, s.2)
2. The Commissioner of Health shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to carry out the purposes of this act.
3. This act shall take effect on 1[September 1] June 151 next following the date of enactment, except that the Commissioner of Health may take administrative action in advance as necessary to effectuate the bill.
