Author name: Health Action MA

Legal Implications

Legislators in Massachusetts Have Proposed Highly Controversial Changes to Massachusetts Law – English Legislators have introduced bills that would make significant and highly controversial changes to Massachusetts vaccination laws. These proposals include: S.1618 – Presented by Senator Rausch, which allows minors to consent to all preventative medical care, including vaccinations, without parental involvement and creates a

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Testimony Guide

Our guides will help you craft both your 3-minute verbal testimony and your written testimony for submission to the committee hearing the bills you support/oppose. Essential Components of a 3 Minute Verbal Testimony – English Learn how to craft your 3 minute hearing testimony with our 6-step, easy to follow infographic. Download

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An Act Relative to Routine Childhood Immunizations/ An Act Relative to Vaccines and Preventing Future Disease Outbreaks

The proposed bills remove the religious exemption for vaccinations required to attend public, private and charter K-12 schools in Massachusetts. It also mandates the reporting and annual publication of immunization data by school and district.

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An Act Relative to the Protection of Medical Exemptions for Immunizations for School Attendance

The proposed Massachusetts bill allows K-12 students to receive a medical vaccine exemption if a physician certifies it would harm the child, based on clinical judgment, while protecting physicians from disciplinary action. Religious exemptions remain intact.

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