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Providing for exemptions from immunization for a person’s enrollment in any elementary or secondary school or licensed child care center
Topics:Health careChild care
Same legislation: HF 448
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2019
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to exemptions from immunization required for a person’s enrollment in any elementary or secondary school or licensed child care center. The bill amends the existing medical exemption provision to require that the statement signed by the health care professional and submitted to the admitting official must state that the immunizations required could, rather than would, be injurious to the health and well-being of the applicant or any member of the applicant’s family. The bill amends the existing religious exemption provision to provide that the affidavit signed and submitted must state that the immunization conflicts with the religious beliefs of the applicant, not the tenets and practices of a recognized religious denomination of which the applicant is an adherent or member.
Read the full explanation
The bill also includes a new exemption that includes as a basis for exemption, the submission of a signed affidavit by the applicant, or if the applicant is a minor, by the applicant’s parent or legal guardian, stating that the immunization conflicts with the conscientiously held beliefs of the applicant, or if the applicant is a minor, of the applicant’s parent or legal guardian. Existing provisions direct the department of public health, in consultation with the director of the department of education, to adopt rules to implement the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 13, 2019. Meeting: Tuesday, February 19 · 12:00 PM · RM 315.
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