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2016 MD HB 1178/SB 868 propose mandatory HPV vaccine for 9th graders

2016 HB 1178/SB 868 propose that all public school students, entering ninth grade, receive a vaccine for Human Papillomavirus (HPV).

(IV) REQUIRE THAT BEFORE A CHILD ENTERS NINTH GRADE, THE CHILD HAS RECEIVED THREE DOSES OF THE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE.

Per the Center for Disease Control:  “Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States.”

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