Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SR0213 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 SENATE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, Children by the age of 24 months are recommended
5	5	3 to receive vaccinations that protect them against 15
6	6	4 potentially serious and deadly illnesses; vaccine coverage
7	7	5 among children aged 24 months and born in 2020 and 2021 is
8	8	6 lower compared to those born in 2018 and 2019; and
9	9	7 WHEREAS, Children without insurance and those covered by
10	10	8 Medicaid or other public insurance have lower vaccine rates
11	11	9 than children covered only by private insurance; there are
12	12	10 gaps in vaccine coverage by race and ethnicity, household
13	13	11 income, and in rural versus urban areas; and
14	14	12 WHEREAS, When fewer people have received the recommended
15	15	13 childhood immunizations this can lead to the resurgence of
16	16	14 vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, pertussis,
17	17	15 varicella, and rotavirus and their associated illness and
18	18	16 death; and
19	19	17 WHEREAS, There are vaccination requirements for enrollment
20	20	18 in public and private schools, child care facilities, and
21	21	19 pre-kindergarten programs; data is collected annually on the
22	22	20 number of children in kindergarten who meet, are exempt from,
23	23	21 or are in the process of meeting school immunization
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33	33	1 WHEREAS, Medical and religious exemptions from school
34	34	2 immunization requirements are available; under the
35	35	3 McKinney-Vento Act, temporary enrollment for students who need
36	36	4 additional time to submit documentation or need more time to
37	37	5 receive their immunizations is permissible; and
38	38	6 WHEREAS, Coverage of all school-required immunizations in
39	39	7 Illinois has declined for the 2023/2024 school year; coverage
40	40	8 of many vaccines is below the community immunity threshold
41	41	9 leaving school communities without this protection; and
42	42	10 WHEREAS, In Illinois, there were 12,667 religious
43	43	11 exemptions for school immunizations for the 2022/2023 school
44	44	12 year; this increased to 15,339 for the 2023/2024 school year,
45	45	13 the largest number of religious exemptions in Illinois in over
46	46	14 10 years; therefore, be it
47	47	15 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
48	48	16 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the
49	49	17 implementation of interventions to support vaccine uptake and
50	50	18 reduce disparities in vaccine coverage to ensure children are
51	51	19 protected from vaccine-preventable diseases; and be it further
52	52	20 RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois Department of Health,
53	53	21 the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Illinois
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64	64	1 Department of Healthcare and Family Services to work with
65	65	2 pediatricians, clinicians, families, and other stakeholders to
66	66	3 ensure infants and children are vaccinated on time and
67	67	4 students begin school fully vaccinated; and be it further
68	68	5 RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois Department of Health,
69	69	6 the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Illinois
70	70	7 Department of Healthcare and Family Services to continue to
71	71	8 invest in immunization initiatives and infrastructure to
72	72	9 ensure timely reporting of vaccine coverage to ensure children
73	73	10 are protected from vaccine-preventable illness in public and
74	74	11 private schools, child care facilities, and pre-kindergarten
75	75	12 programs and beyond.
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