1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public health; requiring information on meningococcal and human 
1.3 	papillomavirus vaccines and vaccines for other diseases to be provided;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [144.3353] INFORMATION ON PRETEEN IMMUNIZATIONS.
1.7 	(a) The commissioner of health shall make available to every public and private 
1.8 	school in the state that enrolls students in grades 6 to 12 information about meningococcal 
1.9 	disease and its vaccines, human papillomavirus and its vaccine, and other diseases for 
1.10 	which preteens may be vaccinated. This information must be provided to parents or 
1.11 	guardians of sixth grade students at the beginning of the school year. 
1.12 	(b) The information about meningococcal disease must include:
1.13 	(1) its causes and symptoms, how meningococcal disease is spread, and where 
1.14 	parents or guardians can obtain additional information on the disease and on its vaccine; 
1.15 	and
1.16 	(2) current recommendations from the United States Centers for Disease Control and 
1.17 	Prevention regarding the vaccine for meningococcal disease and where the vaccination 
1.18 	can be received.
1.19 	(c) The information about human papillomavirus disease must include:
1.20 	(1) its causes and symptoms, how human papillomavirus disease is spread, and 
1.21 	where parents or guardians may obtain additional information on the disease and on 
1.22 	its vaccine; and
2.1 	(2) current recommendations from the United States Centers for Disease Control 
2.2 	and Prevention regarding the vaccine for human papillomavirus disease and where the 
2.3 	vaccination can be received.
2.4 	(d) The Department of Health, in consultation with the Department of Education, 
2.5 	shall prepare the informational materials required in this section.
2.6 	(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require students to receive a 
2.7 	meningococcal vaccination or a human papillomavirus vaccination to remain enrolled in 
2.8 	school or require the school to provide the vaccinations to students.