Non-Medical Exemptions Q&A for Legislators
Responses from the Connecticut Department of Health to questions from ranking Republican members of the legislature regarding elimination of non-medical exemptions.
Responses from the Connecticut Department of Health to questions from ranking Republican members of the legislature regarding elimination of non-medical exemptions.
On February 19, 2020, the Connecticut General Assembly’s Public Health Committee held a hearing on House Bill 5044, which would eliminate religious exemptions for vaccinations for public and private school children K-12. The document contains questions for CT Department of…
Testimony from the Connecticut Department of Public Health on HB 6423 and SB 568 which propose eliminating nonmedical exemptions to the immunization requirements. The hearing took place 2/16/21 and was capped at 24 hours.
2019 testimony from Connecticut Commissioner Raul Pino on House Bill 7005, an act prohibiting the acknowledgement of parental statements of religious objections to vaccination by school nurses and permitting members of the clergy to acknowledge such statements.
Testimony from the ND IP on the importance of childcare, school, and university immunization requirements.
Testimony of Vaccinate Your Family Executive Director Amy Pisani in favor of Connecticut HB 5044, which would eliminate all non-medical vaccine exemptions for school entry.
2019 Testimony of the Washington State Secretary of Health in support of a bill to eliminate the personal belief exemption for the measles, mumps, and rubella (or MMR) vaccine that is required for school and child care entry.
Video of Connecticut Public Health Committee Public Hearing on Proposed Legislation Concerning Public School Immunizations and Elimination of Religious Exemption, February 19, 2020
Testimony of a Connecticut regional school superintendent opposing the removal of religious exemptions.
Testimony of the Connecticut Freedom Alliance in opposition to H.B. 5044 which would remove religious exemptions from school entry requirements.