20 states thus far….they will not win this one…
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This is stunning. Please speak out on these issues.
NOTE: ONLY STATES WITH CURRENT BILLS SUBMITTED ARE LISTED. IF YOU DON’T SEE YOUR STATE, IT IS IN THE CLEAR AS OF 2/12/19.
Arizona SB 1489 would require foster parents to vaccinate BOTH their adoptive AND natural children to be licensed
Arizona HB 2162 removes philosophical exemption entirely, leaving only medial exemption as a possibility
Arizona HB 2505 (pretty much entered as plan b if above bill is killed) would get rid of philosophical exemption and replace it with religious (which they can then require clergy member’s testimony of as “proof”)
Arizona SB 1201 would require all schools to share immunization data and rates on their websites for the public
Arizona HB 2352 would require charter and private schools to make their exemption rates public on their websites
Colorado delegates have mentioned an effort to remove exemptions in the press but no formal bill has been introduced yet
Connecticut HB 7005 would no longer allow school nurses to accept exemptions, instead requiring a clergy member to do so
Connecticut HB 5277 would allow for changes to be made to the requirements for temporary vaccination waivers. With no details specifying what those changes would be.
Florida HB 213/SB 354 mandates reporting and tracking of vaccines by government tracking system
Florida HB 245/SB 356 mandates HPV vaccine for schools
Iowa
HF 272 ANd HF 100 would require school districts to conduct health and safety visits to the homes of children who are under private instruction on a quarterly basis; reinforces that private instruction students are vaccinated just like other school students
Iowa HSB 86/SSB 1084 would grant more tax breaks to pharmaceutical companies developing vaccines in the state of Iowa
Iowa
HF 206 removes religious belief exemption, leaving only medical
Indiana SB 273 would allow the Indiana kids first trust fund board to create a nonprofit subsidiary corporation. This nonprofit subsidiary would be used to increase childhood immunizations, among other things, coupled with exemption from federal income taxation
Kentucky SB 133
would give the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in consultation with the colleges rule making authority to require college students to provide documentation of receiving vaccine up to the full adult vaccination schedule (see CDC) for all students in campus housing
Massachusetts
HD 541 Gives insurance companies access to policyholder vaccination data
Massachusetts SD 1520 Would mandate hpv vaccine for students
Maryland HB 316 mandates reporting and tracking of vaccines by government tracking system
Maine
LD 798 Would remove religious and philosophical exemptions, leaving only medical. Restricts medical. Allows for current students with IEP to be grandfathered in and permits philosophical or religious exemptions for them when accompanied by a drs Testimony. Children entering kindergarten next year with an IEP and those beyond would Not be privy to such. This would apply to children from preschool age through college, not just elementary to high school.
Montana LC 1435 Another bill to use the government tracking system so they know who is vaccinated and how many vaccines they’ve had on what timeline/schedule. This state would allow for it to be optional but it’s unclear how well parents would be advised that they can opt out
Montana HB 231 Allows pharmacists to administer vaccines to minors. Proposed money saving tactic that could also pose risk since pharmacists do not know patient medical history. Also makes vaccines more accessible to minors should laws continue to pass in more states (they already exist in several) to allow minors to consent to vaccines without parental knowledge or consent
New Jersey
A3818 completely eliminates religious exemption for preschool thru college
New Jersey S2173 Restricts religious exemption But no details yet on how. The above bill is getting far more traction to be pushed through than this one
New Jersey
A1991/s941 Mandates meningitis vax for four year college students
New Jersey A1847 mandates hpv vaccine for grades 6-12
New Jersey A2397 requires the Commissioner of Health to establish standards and requirements through the rules process for the certification of vendors providing goods or services or conducting other business at health care facilities. These standards shall include mandatory immunizations, which are not defined in the bill
New Jersey A3587/S634 requires healthcare workers to be vaccinated with very few exceptions made for medical exemption. This is an old bill that hasn’t been killed yet but it hasn’t seen much traction either
New York S3424A if religious exemption is kept in New York, this would change the process so that parents must submit their exemption form to the superintendent who can decide whether or not he or she accepts it
New York S2994 remove religious exemption
New York A2841 mandates vaccines for employees at children’s camps
New York S2289 if religious exemption remains, this would require a drs signature for a religious exemption
New York S2276 mandates flu shot for daycares and schools
New York A2371 another bill to remove religious exemption
New York A2316 another bill to mandate flu shot for daycares and schools
New York A1135 another bill to require a drs signature for a religious exemption of it remains
New York A973 allows healthcare practitioners to administer hpv and Hep b vaccines to minors without parental consent
New York A099 would allow the governor or his or her delegee, including, but not limited to the commissioner or the heads of local health departments to order the removal and/or detention of a person or a group of people who are a contact or carrier of a contagious disease that, in the opinion of the governor, after consultation with the commissioner, may pose an imminent and significant threat to the public health. would allow for enforcement of any other treatment determined necessary or appropriate to prevent dissemination or transmission of contagious diseases that may pose a threat to the public health including requiring testing, medical examination, a prescribed course of treatment, preventive medicine or vaccination. The bill does not provide for exemptions to treatment or vaccination for conscientious or religious beliefs or guaranteeing quarantine in a person’s home as an alternative.
New York S298 mandates hpv vaccine
Oklahoma
SB 925
would require school districts to report exemptions to the health department every year. It would also give authority to Departments of Education and health to write rules to implement the exemption law section
Oregon HB 2783 requires healthcare signature for all types of exemptions
Oregon Rep Mitch Greenlick conformed last week to the press that he will be submitting a bill to remove both religious and philosophical exemptions. We are waiting on it’s submission.
Oregon HB 2220 allows optometrists (eye dr) to give vaccines. Also mandates requirement to report to government tracking system
Texas HB 1361/HB 1423 requires system tracking of employees and residents at long term care facilities
Texas SB 329 requires schools to report exemption info
Texas SB 145 requires all insurance plans to pay in full for vaccines without copays or deductibles
Utah SB 83 would require participants of certain state grant programs to be vaxxed. The risk with this is that if a grant recipient uses adherence to the state-approved immunization schedule as one of the measurements, that could force any participants to be vaccinated for all shots required by the State of Utah
Washington HB 1638 removes personal and philosophical exemptions for MMR
Washington SB 5841 eliminates personal and philosophical exemptions for all vaccines
Wisconsin delegates have mentioned an effort to remove exemptions in the press but no formal bill has been introduced yet
Wyoming SF 55 permits state health officer to allow optometrists (eye dr) to give vaccines
(I did not compile this excellent post and I do not know who did or I’d totally give the credit so thank you to whichever warrior did this for us!)
