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2024 SESSION

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HB 665 Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health, religious tenets or practices, exception.

Introduced by: Nicholas J. Freitas | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health; religious exception. Exempts a person, including a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objects to administration of a vaccine on religious grounds from mandatory immunization requirements issued by the Commissioner of Health during an epidemic. Currently, exemption from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemic is available only to those persons to whose health the administration of a vaccine would be detrimental, as certified in writing by a licensed physician.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100651D  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100651D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
• 01/17/24  House: Assigned sub: Health
• 01/30/24  House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
• 02/13/24  House: Left in Health and Human Services