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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2527 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to condition receipt by States 

(and political subdivisions and public entities of States) of preventive 

health services grants on the establishment of a State requirement for 

students in public elementary and secondary schools to be vaccinated 

in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee 

on Immunization Practices, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 3, 2019 

Ms. WILSON of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to condition receipt 

by States (and political subdivisions and public entities 

of States) of preventive health services grants on the 

establishment of a State requirement for students in 

public elementary and secondary schools to be vaccinated 

in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory 

Committee on Immunization Practices, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vaccinate All Children 

3 Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REQUIRING STUDENTS AT PUBLIC ELEMENTARY 

5 AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO BE VAC6 CINATED. 

7 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 317 of the Public 

8 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b) is amended by add9 ing at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(n) REQUIRING STUDENTS AT PUBLIC ELEMEN11 TARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO BE VACCINATED.— 

12 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—For a State or a political 

13 subdivision or other public entity of a State to be eli14 gible to receive a grant under this section, the appli15 cant shall demonstrate to the Secretary’s satisfac16 tion that, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 

17 State requires each student enrolled in one of the 

18 State’s public elementary schools or public secondary 

19 schools to be vaccinated in accordance with the rec20 ommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immu21 nization Practices. 

22 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CHILD’S HEALTH.—The 

23 funding condition described in paragraph (1) shall 

24 not apply with respect to a student if a duly reg25 istered and licensed physician submits a written cer26 tification at the beginning of the school year to the 


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1 individual in charge of the health program at the 

2 student’s school— 

3 ‘‘(A) certifying that the physician has per4 sonally examined the student during the pre5 ceding 12 months; 

6 ‘‘(B) certifying that, in the physician’s 

7 opinion, the physical condition of the student is 

8 such that the student’s health would be endan9 gered by the vaccination involved; and 

10 ‘‘(C) demonstrating (to the satisfaction of 

11 the individual in charge of the health program 

12 at the student’s school) that the physician’s 

13 opinion conforms to the accepted standard of 

14 medical care. 

15 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

16 ‘‘(A) The term ‘Advisory Committee on 

17 Immunization Practices’ means the Advisory 

18 Committee on Immunization Practices estab19 lished by the Secretary, acting through the Di20 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and 

21 Prevention. 

22 ‘‘(B) The terms ‘elementary school’ and 

23 ‘secondary school’ have the meanings given to 

24 such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 

25 and Secondary Education Act of 1965.’’. 


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1 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub2 section (a) applies only with respect to fiscal years begin3 ning after the date that is 6 months after the date of en4 actment of this Act. 

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