WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 3019
By Delegates Dillon, McGeehan, Kimble, T. Howell, Martin, Dean, Bridges, and Kump
[Introduced February 27, 2025; referred to the Committee on Education then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-3-4d, relating to providing for school-related immunization notifications.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
(a) Legislative findings. – The Legislature finds that the concept of informed consent is a bedrock principle of our republic related to personal autonomy and agency, and that this authority naturally extends to children in the custody of their parents and/or legal guardians.
(b) Enactment. – Parental notification shall be required by public school districts in this state any time that school-related immunization notifications or letters are sent to parents. The informational items set forth in subsection (c) of this section shall be sent to any prospective public-school enrollees prior to signing enrollment papers. The informational items shall be sent to currently enrolled student households no less than annually.
(c) Items to be included. – The parental notification shall include the following information:
(1) FDA Patient Package Insert information for each school-related immunization; and
(2) Information about the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, including information housed on the website at https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation.
(d) Provisions of this section shall be effective from passage.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for school-related immunization notifications.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.