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Legislators weigh bill to remove DHHS exemption form for religious vaccine waivers
Summary
House Bill 358 would remove a DHHS‑provided religious exemption form and replace it with a signed written statement; the sponsor said the change restores the original intent to remove notarization, while DHHS and school nurses said a consistent form helps outbreak response.
Representative Jim Kofalt told the committee House Bill 358 would restore the original legislative intent of a 2022 change that removed a notarization requirement for religious exemptions from school immunization requirements. He said an unintended consequence of the prior amendment was that DHHS created a web form and many school districts began to treat it as a required document.
Nut graf: HB 358 would replace the DHHS form with a simple signed written…
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