94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1679


 
Introduced 2/24/2005, by Sen. Mattie Hunter
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Creates the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act.  Provides that a person who is knowingly pregnant or who is under 3 years of age shall not be vaccinated with a mercury-containing vaccine or injected with a mercury-containing product that contains more than 0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose.  Provides that a person who is knowingly pregnant or who is under 3 years of age shall not be vaccinated with a mercury-containing influenza vaccine that contains more than 1.0 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose.

Effective immediately.
















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SB1679

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    AN ACT concerning health.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Mercury-Free Vaccine Act.

 
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    Section 5. Banned mercury-containing vaccines.   
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    (a) Except for an influenza vaccine described in subsection 
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(b), a person who is knowingly pregnant or who is under 3 years 
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of age shall not be vaccinated with a mercury-containing 
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vaccine or injected with a mercury-containing product that 
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contains more than 0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 milliliter 
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dose.
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    (b) A person who is knowingly pregnant or who is under 3 
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years of age shall not be vaccinated with a mercury-containing 
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influenza vaccine that contains more than 1.0 micrograms of 
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mercury per 0.5 milliliter dose.


 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.