CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1098

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 18, 2007 Yeas 97 Nays 0 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 17, 2007 Yeas 47 Nays 0 ________________________________________ President of the Senate		CERTIFICATE I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1098 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk
Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED Secretary of State State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1098
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session

State of Washington

60th Legislature

2007 Regular Session

By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Cody, Hinkle, Schual-Berke, Campbell, Morrell, Green, Darneille, Ormsby, B. Sullivan, Dickerson, Kenney, Moeller and Wallace)

READ FIRST TIME 01/24/07.

AN ACT Relating to the availability of vaccines during outbreaks; and amending RCW 70.95M.115.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 70.95M.115 and 2006 c 231 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Beginning July 1, 2007, a person who is known to be pregnant or who is under three years of age shall not be vaccinated with a mercury-containing vaccine or injected with a mercury-containing product that contains more than 0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose.
     (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, an influenza vaccine may contain up to 1.0 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose.
     (3) The secretary of the department of health may, upon the secretary's or local public health officer's declaration of ((~~a public health emergency~~)) an outbreak of vaccine-preventable disease or of a shortage of vaccine that complies with subsection (1) or (2) of this section, suspend the requirements of this section for the duration of the ((~~emergency~~)) outbreak or shortage. A person who is known to be pregnant or lactating or a parent or legal guardian of a child under eighteen years of age shall be informed if the person or child is to be vaccinated or injected with any mercury-containing product that contains more than the mercury limits per dose in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
     (4) All vaccines and products referenced under this section must meet food and drug administration licensing requirements.

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