Delaware House Bill 91 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: Passed on July 15 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-15 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill involves the public school immunization program. Currently, the Affidavit of Religious Belief does not expressly alert parents or guardians who file for the religious exemption from the program that the child will be temporarily excluded from school in the event of an epidemic of a vaccine preventable disease. This bill amends the required affidavit so parents or guardians are directly made aware of the possibility of the child’s temporary exclusion from school. The bill also adds that the asserted cause of a medical exemption may be subject to review and approval by the Division of Public Health. Additionally, the bill would require the Division of Public Health to declare an outbreak, rather than the current language of an epidemic throughout the State or a particular definable region thereof.

An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Public School Enrollees' Immunization Program.

Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]
Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. William Outten [R]
Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Sen. Harris McDowell [D]

2015-07-01 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-15	House	Signed by Governor
2015-07-01	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 2 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-06-24	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2015-06-17	Senate	Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2015-06-16	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-05-13	House	Reported Out of Committee (EDUCATION) in House with 1 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits
2015-04-16	House	Introduced and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/1667aa3a5bf7e88e85257e0d006e1934?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+91/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/29b4045f10a541da85257e75001c5766?OpenDocument