First Regular Session
              Sixty-fifth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 05-0348.01 Beth Kane            SENATE BILL 05-087
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Shaffer,  Hanna, Williams, Tupa, Gordon, Isgar, Bacon, Groff, Hagedorn, Sandoval,
 Tochtrop, and Windels
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Health and Human Services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning childhood immunizations.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
       adopted.)
       
            Authorizes the department of public health and environment
       ("department") or the department's contractor to directly contact a parent
       or legal guardian for the purpose of notifying the parent or legal guardian
       if immunizations are due or overdue as indicated by the advisory
       committee on immunization practices of the United States department of
       health and human services or the American academy of pediatrics. 
       Requires the department or the department's contractor to contact the
       parent or legal guardian if it is necessary to control an outbreak of or
       prevent the spread of a vaccine-preventable disease.
            Subject to available funding, requires county, district, and regional
       health departments and providers of public health nursing services to
       report immunization information to the immunization tracking system and
       to use a reminder and recall process.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  25-4-1705 (5) (e) (IV), Colorado Revised Statutes,
       is amended, and the said 25-4-1705 (5) (e) is further amended BY THE
       ADDITION OF A NEW SUBPARAGRAPH, to read:
            25-4-1705.  Department of public health and environment -
       powers and duties.  (5)  The board of health, in consultation with the
       medical services board in the state department of health care policy and
       financing, and such other persons, agencies, or organizations that the
       board of health deems advisable, shall formulate, adopt, and promulgate
       rules governing the implementation and operation of the infant
       immunization program.  Such rules shall address the following:
            (e) (IV)  The department shall not or the department's
       contractor may directly contact the parent or legal guardian for the
       purpose of notifying the parent or legal guardian of immunizations that
       are recommended or required by the board of health, unless such contact
       if immunizations are due or overdue as indicated by the advisory
       committee on immunization practices of the United States
       department of health and human services or the American
       academy of pediatrics.  The department or the department's
       contractor shall contact the parent or legal guardian if it is
       necessary to control an outbreak of or prevent the spread of a
       vaccine-preventable disease pursuant to section 25-1.5-102 (1) (a) or
       25-4-908.
            (VI)  Subject to available funding, county, district, and
       regional health departments and providers of public health
       nursing services shall be required to report to the immunization
       tracking system and shall use the reminder and recall process
       established by the immunization tracking system.
            SECTION 2.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.