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HR 83 - House Study Committee on Early Childhood Immunization; create

Rogers, Carl (20th)	Walker, Larry (141st)

Status Summary	HC:	Rules	SC:		FR:	01/26/99	LA:	03/24/99	H - Recommitted

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A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Early Childhood Immunization; and for other purposes.

HR 83                                              LC 24 1282 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Creating the House Study Committee on Early Childhood 
  1- 2  Immunization; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, immunization in the early childhood years of life 
  1- 4  is critically important to a child's future health and 
  1- 5  mental and physical development; and 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, current Georgia law requires presentation of a 
  1- 7  certificate of immunization before a child may be admitted 
  1- 8  to a child care facility or to a public or private school; 
  1- 9  and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, current Georgia law may not be adequate to ensure 
  1-11  immunization at the proper time, which is up to and around 
  1-12  two years of age; and 
 
  1-13  WHEREAS, an in-depth study of this issue is necessary and 
  1-14  appropriate. 
 
  1-15  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-16  REPRESENTATIVES that there is created the House Study 
  1-17  Committee on Early Childhood Immunization to be composed of 
  1-18  the following members:  five members of the House of 
  1-19  Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House 
  1-20  of Representatives; the director of the Division of Public 
  1-21  Health of the Department of Human Resources or such person's 
  1-22  designee; the district director of a health district or such 
  1-23  person's designee; and not more than six members of the 
  1-24  public,  including a representative of the Professional 
  1-25  Association of Georgia Educators, a representative of the 
  1-26  Georgia Association of Educators, a representative of the 
  1-27  Georgia School Superintendents Association, and a 
  1-28  representative of the Georgia Chapter of the American 
  1-29  Academy of Pediatrics to be appointed by the Speaker of the 
  1-30  House with such persons' consent.  The chairperson of the 
  1-31  State Board of Education or his or her designee and the 
  1-32  State School Superintendent or his or her designee shall be 
  1-33  invited to be members of and to take part in the 
  1-34  deliberations of the committee.  The Speaker of the House 
  1-35  shall designate a member of the committee as chairperson of 
  1-36  the committee.  The chairperson shall call all meetings of 
  1-37  the committee. 
 
 
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  2- 1  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a 
  2- 2  study of the conditions, needs, issues, challenges, and 
  2- 3  opportunities mentioned above or related thereto and shall 
  2- 4  develop and recommend legislation which the committee deems 
  2- 5  necessary or appropriate to address such issues.  The 
  2- 6  committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at 
  2- 7  such times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable 
  2- 8  it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its 
  2- 9  duties, and accomplish the objectives and purposes of this 
  2-10  resolution.  The legislative members of the committee shall 
  2-11  receive the allowances authorized for legislative members of 
  2-12  interim legislative committees but shall receive the same 
  2-13  for not more than five days unless additional days are 
  2-14  authorized; and the nonlegislative members of the committee 
  2-15  shall serve without compensation.  Except as otherwise 
  2-16  provided in this resolution, the funds necessary to carry 
  2-17  out the provisions of this resolution shall come from the 
  2-18  funds appropriated to the House of Representatives.  In the 
  2-19  event the committee makes a report of its findings and 
  2-20  recommendations, with suggestions for proposed legislation, 
  2-21  if any, such report shall be made on or before December 31, 
  2-22  1999.  The committee shall stand abolished on December 31, 
  2-23  1999. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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