Senate Sponsors: MYERS-HAWKINSON. House Sponsors: BLACK-O'BRIEN-RIGHTER-BERNS Short description: HIGH ED-MENINGITIS VACCINE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends various Acts relating to the governance of the public universities in Illinois. Provides that at the beginning of each semester, the university shall inform each of its incoming freshmen and transfer students and the student's parents or guardian about meningitis and its transmission. Requires the University to require meningitis vaccination, except for those students who provide a signed waiver indicating the student's receipt of the information concerning meningitis and the student's rejection of the vaccination. Requires any university facility that delivers health services to university students to offer meningitis vaccines. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that a university must inform only its incoming students about meningitis and its transmission and only at the beginning of each academic year. Removes provisions requiring a university to require meningitis vaccination. Provides that the requirement that the meningitis vaccine be offered is subject to the availability of the vaccine from the manufacturer. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Requires each incoming freshman and transfer student (instead of each incoming student) to be informed about meningitis and its transmission. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0089 Last action date: JUL-18-2001 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status