South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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A151, R156, H3204

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Bernstein, J.E. Smith, Cobb-Hunter, M.S. McLeod, Jefferson, Horne and Bales
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11032vr15.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 278

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on March 24, 2015
Last Amended on March 23, 2016
Passed by the General Assembly on April 13, 2016
Governor's Action: April 21, 2016, Signed

Summary: Cervical Cancer Prevention Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/18/2014  House   Prefiled
  12/18/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs
   1/13/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 147)
   1/13/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 147)
   2/25/2015  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, 
                        Military, Public and Municipal Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 3)
    3/3/2015  House   Debate adjourned until Wed., 3-4-15 
                        (House Journal-page 32)
    3/4/2015  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jefferson
    3/4/2015  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Loftis, Murphy, Putnam, 
                        Pitts, Gambrell, JE Smith, Bernstein, Gagnon, Rivers, 
                        Erickson, Douglas, Ridgeway, Knight, RL Brown, 
                        Clyburn, Hosey, Kicks, Allison, Forrester, HA 
                        Crawford, GR Smith, Toole, Huggins, Clary, Bannister, 
                        Amderson, Tallon, Hill (House Journal-page 14)
    3/5/2015  House   Debate adjourned until Tues., 3-17-15 
                        (House Journal-page 57)
   3/18/2015  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Horne, Bales
   3/18/2015  House   Amended (House Journal-page 28)
   3/18/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 28)
   3/18/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-83  Nays-27 (House Journal-page 30)
   3/19/2015  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 25)
   3/24/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 12)
   3/24/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   4/21/2015  Senate  Committee report: Majority favorable, minority 
                        unfavorable Medical Affairs
   5/28/2015  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 17)
   3/23/2016  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 26)
    4/6/2016  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        (Senate Journal-page 11)
    4/6/2016  Senate  Roll call Ayes-38  Nays-5 (Senate Journal-page 11)
   4/13/2016  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled 
                        (House Journal-page 74)
   4/13/2016  House   Roll call Yeas-107  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 75)
   4/19/2016          Ratified R 156
   4/21/2016          Signed By Governor
   4/27/2016          Effective date 04/21/16
    5/2/2016          Act No. 151

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/18/2014
2/25/2015
3/18/2015
4/21/2015
3/23/2016


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A151, R156, H3204)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-29-185 SO AS TO ENACT THE "CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION ACT", TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MAY OFFER THE CERVICAL CANCER VACCINATION SERIES TO ADOLESCENT STUDENTS ENROLLING IN THE SEVENTH GRADE OF ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL OR HOMESCHOOLING PROGRAM IN THIS STATE, TO PROVIDE THAT NO STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE THE VACCINE BEFORE ENROLLING IN OR ATTENDING SCHOOL, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY DEVELOP AN INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE RELATED TO OFFERING THIS VACCINATION WITH SPECIFIC CONTENT REQUIREMENTS, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINATION SERIES, TO DEFINE "CERVICAL CANCER VACCINATION SERIES", TO PROVIDE THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT IS CONTINGENT UPON RECEIPT OF CERTAIN FUNDS, AND TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM CONTRACTING WITH A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO OFFER THE VACCINATION SERIES IF THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PERFORMS ABORTIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Cervical Cancer Prevention Act

SECTION    1.    This act may be cited as the "Cervical Cancer Prevention Act".

Adolescent cervical cancer vaccinations

SECTION    2.    Chapter 29, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 44-29-185.    (A)(1)    Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the Department of Health and Environmental Control may offer the cervical cancer vaccination series for adolescent students. Adolescent students include children enrolling in the seventh grade in any school, public, private, or home schooling program in this State.

(2)    No student is required to have the cervical cancer vaccination series before enrolling in or attending school. Consent of a parent or guardian is required for a student to receive the cervical cancer vaccination from the department, except as provided under Section 63-5-340.

(B)(1)    The department may develop and provide, to each school and home schooling program whose grade levels include grade six, informational brochures concerning adolescent vaccinations, including the cervical cancer vaccination series. The brochure specifically must state the benefits and side effects of the cervical cancer vaccination series and that the vaccination series is optional. The brochure must encourage the parent or guardian of a student to take the child to the child's own health care provider to be vaccinated. At the beginning of the school year, each school and home schooling program may provide this informational brochure to the parents or guardians of all students in the sixth grade.

(2)    The department shall disclose the benefits, adverse risks, and side effects of the adolescent vaccination series offered, which must take into account medical findings by the health care profession in this State, another state, or any other country. The department shall encourage the parent or guardian of a student to take the child to the child's own health care provider for a full discussion of the benefits and side effects of receiving any adolescent vaccination series.

(C)    For the purposes of this section 'cervical cancer vaccination series' means the human papillomavirus vaccination series.

(D)    Implementation of this section is contingent upon the appropriation of state and federal funding to the department to fully cover the costs of providing this vaccination series to eligible students as well as the availability of funds to produce the informational brochure provided for in subsection (B)(1).

(E)    The department may not contract with a health care provider to offer the vaccination series if the health care provider performs abortions."

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 19th day of April, 2016.

Approved the 21st day of April, 2016.

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