00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 275                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to vaccines and vaccinations; relating to schools; and providing for an                                
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.07.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
05            (d)  Notwithstanding (a)(7) of this section, the department may not adopt a                                  
06       regulation requiring a child to receive a vaccine if the vaccine                                                  
07                 (1)  has not yet received formal approval by the United States Food and                                 
08       Drug Administration; or                                                                                           
09                 (2)  is a human gene therapy product that has not yet been subject to a                                 
10       complete long-term follow-up study period.                                                                        
11    * Sec. 2. AS 14.30.125 is amended to read:                                                                           
12 Sec. 14.30.125. Immunization. If, in the judgment of the commissioner of                                              
13 health and social services, it is necessary for the welfare of the children or the general                            
14 public in an area, the governing body of a [THE] school district shall require the                                    

01       children in that school district [ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THAT AREA] to be                                          
02       immunized against the diseases the commissioner of health and social services may                                 
03       specify.                                                                                                          
04    * Sec. 3. AS 14.30.125 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                                 
05            (b)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a school district may not require a                                
06       child in that school district to receive a vaccine if                                                             
07                 (1)  the vaccine has not yet received formal approval by the United                                     
08       States Food and Drug Administration;                                                                              
09                 (2)  the vaccine is a human gene therapy product that has not yet been                                  
10       subject to a complete long-term follow-up study period; or                                                        
11                 (3)  the school district only delivers instruction to the child through                                 
12       telecommunications or other digital or electronic methods.                                                        
13            (c)  In this section, "school district" means a borough school district, city                                
14       school district, regional educational attendance area, or state boarding school.                                  
15    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).