Rep. GOVAN proposes the following Amendment No. 4 to H. 3707 (COUNCIL\DG\3707C001.NBD.DG21):

Reference is to the bill as introduced.

Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

/SECTION ___. The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall add the parents, guardians, and household members of elementary school aged children to the current phase, as of the effective date of this joint resolution, of the state's COVID-19 Vaccine plan for purposes of the vaccine rollout of initial vaccine doses. Once all of the parents, guardians, and household members of the elementary school aged children desirous of the vaccine have received it, or when DHEC moves to the next phase of the rollout, whichever comes first, the vaccine must be made available to the parents, guardians, and household members of middle school aged children. Once all of the parents, guardians, and household members of the middle school aged children desirous of the vaccine have received it, or when DHEC moves to the next phase of the rollout, whichever comes first, the vaccine must be made available to the parents, guardians, and household members of high school aged children./