Public health emergency; immunizations.
Summary
Public health emergency; immunizations.Eliminates the authority of the Board of Health or Commissioner ofHealth to require, during an epidemic of a disease of public healthimportance for which a vaccine exists, that a person receive suchvaccine despite the person's objection to the vaccine on the groundsthat administration of such immunizing agents conflicts with hisreligious tenets or practices.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Aug 18, 2020
Last action Aug 25, 2020
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Committee
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Aug 18, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
Aug 18, 2020
House of Delegates · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200521D
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