NH committee hears HB 1671 to bar Medicaid payments to facilities that deny lawful vaccine exemptions Rep. Linda McGrath told the House Judiciary Committee HB 1671 would protect medical and religious vaccine exemptions for employees, students and trainees and align Medicaid funding with federal civil‑rights protections. Testimony split over patient safety, enforcement and scope; the committee moved the bill to interim study (15–0).

New Hampshire's HB 16-71 aims to protect vaccine exemptions and civil rights in healthcare, but raises serious questions about patient safety and enforceability.

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8/11 Numbers context: The number of students receiving vaccine exemptions has been increasing in recent years, and immunisation rates have been falling, according to KFF, a health policy research group.
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US childhood vaccination rates fall again as exemptions set another record U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.

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Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier - Sight Magazine Texas this year has been the centre of the nation's largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, with more than 700 cases in the state.

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Bill that would make vaccine exemptions easier advances in the Texas House As the state faces a multimillion dollar measles outbreak in West Texas, the House Public Health Committee passes HB 1586 along party lines.

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TTT: "...choice rights are inherent and not given by the government,” said Rebecca Hardy, president of Texans for Vaccine Choice, which supported the bill.”

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TTT: “The passage of HB 1586 … marks a major milestone for Texans, signaling that more legislators have begun to recognize that vaccine..."

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Meanwhile, back in #Abbottabad (aka Texas)...

As measles cases continue to rise in #Texas, the Texas branch of the MAGA/Putin G☭P is backing a bill to make it *easier* to get vaccination exemptions in the name of “efficiency.”

No. Joke.

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House committee OKs bill allowing religious vaccine exemptions without stated reasons An Alabama House committee Wednesday passed a bill that would allow parents or guardians of children in K-12 schools to claim religious exemptions from vaccinations without providing reasons.  SB 85, sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, would also require public institutions of higher education to offer both religious and medical exemptions to vaccine or testing […]

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3/9 Local vaccination rates tell a more concerning story than state-level data. In Gaines County, nearly one in five kindergarteners opted out of at least one vaccine last year—five times the national rate—with many cases concentrated in an under-vaccinated Mennonite community.
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Montana Legislature approves vaccination exemptions for children under SB 285 Montana's SB 285 outlines vaccination exemptions for medical, religious, and homeless children.

Montana's Senate Bill 285 proposes sweeping changes to vaccination exemptions, igniting a heated debate on individual rights versus public health.

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Measles cases are rising in US as Texas outbreak grows. Should we be concerned? Measles is spreading across the U.S., with an outbreak growing in Texas and cases reported in nearby states. Experts explain whether or not you should be concerned.

"Vaccine exemptions among children in Gaines County -- the epicenter of the Texas outbreak -- have grown dramatically in the past few years."

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Childhood Vaccine Exemptions Rise Nationwide “The religious exemption is huge. That has allowed for an easy way for these kids to enter schools without vaccines.”

Childhood vaccine exemptions are on the rise, with more parents opting out for non-medical reasons. What’s the impact on public health? #MedSky #VaccineExemptions

More kindergartners are getting vaccine exemptions The number of U.S. kindergartners with vaccine exemptions has increased in 40 states.

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The share of U.S. kindergartners with vaccine exemptions increased in 40 states plus Washington, D.C., during the 2023-24 school year, according to recently updated CDC data.

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