GOP panel ready to block new student vaccination mandates -
The Legislature’s GOP-controlled rules committee held a public hearing on the policy Tuesday. A committee vote to block the policy could soon follow, perhaps within days.
The health department also requires students to get vaccinated against chickenpox to enter every grade from kindergarten through 6th grade. In the past, a child was exempt if parents contacted the school district and said the child has already had the disease. Under the regulations beginning this fall, parents must provide evidence of infection from a health care provider to secure an exemption.
Dr. Stephanie Schauer, the state’s immunization program manager, told reporters on a conference call that the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices - experts who advise the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - has recommended that students get vaccinated against meningitis since 2005, and state health officials have been developing the mandate since 2017. Many students are already vaccinated so the requirements shouldn’t be a burden, she said.
He also implied that the health department believes parents are lying about chickenpox infections to ensure their children aren’t vaccinated. Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergartners have dropped for two years straight, according to a CDC study released in January.
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