Mississippi House Bill 1025 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-23-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Child Will Be Exempt From The Requirement For Having Any Specific Vaccination In Order To Attend A School, If The Child Or The Child's Parent Or Guardian Submits A Certificate From A Physician Stating That The Required Vaccination Would Be Injurious To The Health And Well-being Of The Child; To Require The Local Health Officer To Forward Copies Of All Student Vaccination Records To The State Department Of Health; To Require The Department To Maintain A Separate Record Indicating The Number Of Vaccination Waivers Applied For And Granted; To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize School Administrators, If There Is An Outbreak Of A Vaccine-preventable Disease At A School, To Exclude From Attendance Any Child Who Is Not Vaccinated Against That Disease Until The Disease Incubation Period Has Expired Or The Unvaccinated Child Presents Evidence Of Vaccination; And For Related Purposes.

Vaccinations; allow exemptions from school attendance with certificate from physician.

Rep. Toby Barker [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB1025.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1025IN.htm