(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall prepare and submit a biennial report to the Governor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof.
(2) The Department of Health shall provide assistance to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof in the development of information necessary in the examination of healthcare issues.
(3) With regard to § 6-18-702(d), § 6-60-504(b), and § 20-78-206(a)(2)(B), the department shall report every six (6) months to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor regarding: The geographic patterns of exemptions, vaccination rates, and exemptions in those areas as well as the rest of the state; and
(4) Disease incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases collected by the department.
(5) The collection of exemption information shall begin January 4, 2004.
(6) Reports shall begin at the first interim meeting of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.