Update - Withdrawn! 2016 MD HB 1178/SB 868 propose mandatory HPV vaccine for 9th graders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
