PRINTER'S NO. 318
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
341
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, KINSEY, MURT, ISAACSON AND HILL-
EVANS, FEBRUARY 1, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, FEBRUARY 1, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in pupils and attendance, further
providing for immunization required and penalty.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1303 of the act of March 10, 1949
(P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is
amended to read:
Section 1303. Immunization and Testing Required; Penalty.--
(a) It shall be the duty of all school directors,
superintendents, principals, or other persons in charge of any
public, private, parochial, or other school including
kindergarten, to ascertain that every child, prior to admission
to school for the first time has been:
(1) immunized, as the Secretary of Health may direct,
against such diseases as shall appear on a list to be made and
from time to time reviewed by the Advisory Health Board[.]; and
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