46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

RELATING TO IMMUNIZATIONS; IDENTIFYING REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 24-5-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1959, Chapter 329, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

"24-5-1. IMMUNIZATION REGULATIONS.--The public health division of the department of health shall, after consultation with the state board of education, promulgate rules and regulations governing the immunization against diseases deemed to be dangerous to the public health, to be required of children attending public, private, home or parochial schools in the state. The immunizations required [and] for a child shall include diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, haemophilus influenza type B, hepatitis A, hepatitis B and other diseases as the public health division may require by rules. The manner and

frequency of their administration shall conform to recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices of the United States department of health and human services and the American academy of pediatrics. The public health division shall supervise and secure the enforcement of the required immunization program."

Section [l.] 2. APPROPRIATION.--One hundred sixty-five thousand dollars ($165,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health for expenditure in fiscal year 2004 for the purpose of providing immunizations to children who attend any public, private, home or parochial school in New Mexico. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall revert to the general fund.