Hepatitis B Prevention Mandates

State	Hep B prenatal screening mandate?	Hep B childhood vaccination mandate?	Hep B daycare mandate, year in effect.	Hep B elementary school mandate, year in effect.	Hep B middle school mandate, year in effect.
Alabama
Alaska		yes	2001	2001	2001
Arizona		yes	1997	1997	2000
Arkansas	yes	yes	2000	2000	2000
California	yes	yes	1997	1997	1999
Colorado		yes	1997	1997	1997
Connecticut		yes	1995	1996	2000
Delaware		yes	1999	1999	1999
Dist of Columbia		yes	1997	1997 prog^†	1997 prog^†
Florida	yes	yes		1998 prog^†	1997 prog^†
Georgia		yes	1997	1997
Hawaii	yes	yes	1998	1998	7/02
Idaho		yes	1995	1995	children born after 11/22/91
Illinois	yes	yes	1997	1997 prog^†	1997 prog^†
Indiana		yes		1999	6/05
Iowa		yes		1999
Kansas	yes	yes		9/04
Kentucky	yes	yes	1998	1998	2001
Louisiana	yes	yes	1998	1998
Maine		yes	11/02
Maryland		yes	2000	2001 prog^†	2007 prog^†
Massachusetts	yes	yes	1993	1996	1999 prog^†
Michigan	yes	yes	1997	2001	9/02
Minnesota		yes		2000	2001
Mississippi		yes		1999
Missouri	yes	yes	1995	1997	1999
Montana	yes
Nebraska		yes	2/04	1999 prog^†	2000 prog^†
Nevada	yes	yes		7/02
New Hampshire		yes	1996	children born after 1/1/93	children born after 1/1/93
New Jersey		yes		2001	2001
New Mexico		yes	2000	9/02	1999
New York	yes	yes	1995	1998	2000
North Carolina	yes	yes	1994	1999	9/05
North Dakota		yes		2000 prog^†
Ohio		yes	1999	1999^†	2006^†
Oklahoma		yes	1999	1998 prog^†	1997 prog^†
Oregon	yes	yes	1998	1998	2000
Pennsylvania	yes	yes	1994	1997	2002
Rhode Island		yes	1998	1999	2000
South Carolina		yes	1994	1998	1998
South Dakota
Tennessee	yes	yes		1999	7/02
Texas	yes	yes	2004	1998	2000
Utah		yes		1999 prog^†
Vermont		yes			1999
Virginia	yes	yes	1994	1994	2001
Washington	yes	yes	1997 prog^†	1997 prog^†
West Virginia	yes	yes	2000
Wisconsin		yes	1997	1997	1997^†
Wyoming		yes	1999	1999	1998

†	Signifies a "progressive" law in which each new school year another successive grade becomes covered by the law (e.g., 7th grade in 2000, 7th and 8th grade in 2001).

If you have any updated information concerning this table, please call (651) 647-9009 or email admin@immunize.org This table was compiled by the Immunization Action Coalition using information provided by state health departments.

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