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Committee amends and advances religious-exemption and immunization bills; splits on rollbacks of health department rule authority
Summary
A New Hampshire Senate committee adopted a DHHS-requested amendment and passed a religious-exemption paperwork bill 5-0, and recommended ITL on several bills that would limit immunization rulemaking or narrow vaccine requirements.
A New Hampshire Senate committee on health-related bills adopted a committee amendment and passed a bill to clarify religious exemption paperwork for school immunizations, and separately recommended ITL on proposals that would curtail the Department of Health and Human Services’ rulemaking authority or change how the state defines required childhood vaccinations.
On the religious-exemption measure, the committee agreed to a DHHS-requested amendment specifying that an exemption “shall require no more information than a written statement.” The committee amendment passed 5-0, and the committee then voted 5-0…
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