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Bill would let child‑care centers opt out of accepting religious vaccine exemptions for infants and medically fragile children, with required public notice
Summary
Representative Cafaro’s HB 747 would allow private daycare centers to choose whether to accept children attending under a religious vaccine exemption when those centers serve infants under 1 or medically fragile children; centers that adopt such a policy would be required to post notice to parents.
Representative Mary Caferro introduced House Bill 747, which would allow private child‑care centers that care for infants under 1 or medically fragile children to adopt a policy refusing to enroll children who attend under a religious vaccination exemption and require those centers to provide notice to parents and guardians.
Sponsor Mary Caferro said the bill’s purpose is to protect infants and medically fragile children in closecontact childcare settings. “This bill provides choice which allows [providers] to respond to their…
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