UPDATE 5/28/2017: HB 97 died failing to even get a hearing. 

UPDATE 2/15/2017: HB 97 was referred to the House Committee on Public Health on 2/14/2017.

HB 97 was introduced on 11/14/2016 and is sponsored by Rep. Sarah Davis.  This bill would allow children on their own without the knowledge or consent of their parent to obtain a vaccination for cancer prevention if the vaccine is recommended for cancer prevention by the CDC or if it is approved for cancer treatment by the FDA.  

The CDC considers HPV Vaccine to be cancer prevention, so if this bill passes it means that children could consent to HPV Vaccine or any other vaccine that could be classified as a cancer prevention vaccine without parental consent. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/who/teens/infographic/hpv-cancer-prevention.html 

On Oct. 7, 2016 the FDA approved a new 2-dose regimen of Merck's Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant (HPV) for individuals 9 through 14 years of age. http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM524629.pdf 

Also see CDC Press Release - https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p1020-hpv-shots.html