1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; providing minimum safety standards for any vaccine required 
1.3 	to enroll or remain enrolled in an elementary or secondary school;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.15, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 121A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 13.Vaccine safety. (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 2, no person shall be 
1.9 	prohibited from being allowed to enroll or remain enrolled in any elementary or secondary 
1.10 	school in this state for failing to submit a statement as required under this section stating 
1.11 	that the person has received an immunization against any disease, including the diseases 
1.12 	identified in subdivision 1 or 12, unless:
1.13 	(1) the study relied upon by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 
1.14 	approval of the vaccine made reasonable efforts to evaluate the safety of the vaccine against 
1.15 	a control group that received:
1.16 	(i) a placebo; or
1.17 	(ii) another vaccine or other substance approved by the FDA based on a study that 
1.18 	evaluated the safety of that vaccine or substance against a control group which received a 
1.19 	placebo;
1.20 	(2) the study relied upon by the FDA for approval of the vaccine evaluated the safety 
1.21 	of the vaccine for no less than one year after the vaccine was administered;
2.1 	(3) the vaccine has been evaluated for the vaccine's potential to cause cancer, gene 
2.2 	mutations, fertility impairment, and autism spectrum disorder;
2.3 	(4) the commissioner of health has posted on the department's website any known injuries 
2.4 	or diseases caused by the vaccine, and the rate at which injuries or diseases have occurred 
2.5 	from the vaccine; and
2.6 	(5) the adverse effects of the vaccine when administered with other vaccines required 
2.7 	under this section have been studied.
2.8 	(b) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to eliminate or modify the exemptions 
2.9 	provided in subdivision 3.