SB 1174

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AN ACT

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; PROVIDING FOR THE HUMAN

PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE FOR SCHOOL ENTRY.

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

Section 1. A new section of Chapter 24, Article 5 NMSA

1978 is enacted to read:

"HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE AVAILABILITY.--

A. Prior to admission to a public or private

school, the parent or guardian of a student nine to fourteen

years of age shall be presented information about the link

between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer and the

availability of human papillomavirus vaccine.

B. No female student entering the sixth grade

shall be admitted to any private or public school until the

student submits to the school written evidence that she has

been vaccinated for human papillomavirus or that, after

receiving the information required in Subsection A of this

section, her parent or guardian has elected for her not to

receive the vaccine.

C. The public health division of the department of

health, after consultation with the public education

department, shall prescribe the content of the information

pursuant to Subsection A of this section and the appropriate

form pursuant to Subsection B of this section."