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Hepatitis B Vaccine Mandates for Child Care and K-12

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An empty box in this table indicates a "NO" answer

State	Hep B childhood vaccination mandate?	HepB childcare mandate (year took effect)	Hep B elementary school mandate (year took effect)	HepB secondary school mandate (year took effect)
Alabama
Alaska	yes	2001	2001	2001
Arizona	yes	1997	1997	2000
Arkansas	yes	2000	2000	2000
California	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	1998	1998	7/2002
Idaho	yes	1995	1995	children born after 11/22/1991
Illinois	yes	1997	1997 prog^†	1997 prog^†
Indiana	yes		1999	6/2005
Iowa	yes		1999	yes
Kansas	yes	9/2009	9/2004	SY 2009-10
Kentucky	yes	1998	1998	2001
Louisiana	yes	1998	1998	SY 2009-10
Maine	yes	11/2002
Maryland	yes	2000	2001 prog^†	2007 prog^†
Massachusetts	yes	1993	1996	1999 prog^†
Michigan	yes	1997	2001	9/2002
Minnesota	yes	9/2014	2000	2001
Mississippi	yes	yes	1999	yes
Missouri	yes	1995	1997	1999
Montana	yes	6/2018
Nebraska	yes	2/2004	1999 prog^†	2000 prog^†
Nevada	yes	10/2007	7/2002
New Hampshire	yes	1996	children born after 1/1/93	children born after 1/1/1993
New Jersey	yes		2001	2004
New Mexico	yes	2000	9/2002	1999
New York	yes	1995	1998	2000
North Carolina	yes	1994	1999	9/2005
North Dakota	yes		SY 2000-01 prog^†	yes
Ohio	yes	1999	1999^†	2006^†
Oklahoma	yes	1999	1998 prog^†	1997 prog^†
Oregon	yes	1998	1998	2000
Pennsylvania	yes	1994	1997	2002
Rhode Island	yes	1998	1999	2000
South Carolina	yes	1994	1998	1998
South Dakota
Tennessee	yes	1999	1999	7/2002
Texas	yes	1998	1998	2000
Utah	yes	7/2008	1999 prog^†	yes
Vermont	yes	3/2011	8/2008	1999^†
Virginia	yes	1994	1994	2001
Washington	yes	1997 prog^†	1997 prog^†	7/2008^†
West Virginia	yes	2000	2008
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 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.

This page was updated on November 30, 2019.

This page was reviewed on November 30, 2019.

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Hepatitis B Vaccine Mandates for Child Care and K-12