SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) – A new proposed bill would require some Illinois students to get the HPV vaccine.
The bill was filed by Rep. Robyn Gabel, D-Evanston, on Feb. 11.
HB 4870 amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act.
A synopsis for the bill states, “the Department of Public Health shall adopt a rule requiring students, upon entering the sixth grade of any public, private, or parochial school, to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and requiring confirmation that the student has completed the series of HPV vaccinations upon entering the ninth grade of any public, private, or parochial school. Provides that the Department shall adopt the rule in time to allow students to receive the vaccination before the start of the school year beginning in 2022. Effective January 1, 2021.”
Time to home school yet?