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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3775 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2554 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Andres X. Vargas |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Andres X. Vargas3rd Essex1/17/2025Mindy Domb3rd Hampshire2/24/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk3/3/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester3/3/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3775 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2554 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2554) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Andres X. Vargas and others relative to routine childhood immunization reports made by |
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| 20 | 20 | | schools. Public Health. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 604 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 15 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by striking out the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 33 | 33 | | 32 paragraphs:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 All schools, whether public, private, or charter, that provide education to children in any |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5combination of grade levels from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, shall annually report to the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6department total numbers of children who are successfully immunized in accordance with |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7section 15 of chapter 76 and who are exempted from immunization requirements. The |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8department shall designate the methodology for reporting. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 The department shall annually publish and make publicly available aggregate |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10immunizations and exemptions data for each school and school district, provided, that publishing |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11and making publicly available such data shall not be required if it would result in disclosure of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12personal information as defined in section 1 of chapter 93H or otherwise violate applicable |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13privacy laws. The department may also publish data by municipality, county, or other geographic |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14designation, or otherwise in its discretion. |
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