Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 101
Immunizations; allow parents with bona fide belief that such will harm children to be exempt from requirements.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER MAY GRANT A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FROM IMMUNIZATION FOR ANY CHILD WHOSE LEGAL PARENT(S) OR GUARDIAN(S) FIRMLY HOLD A BONA FIDE BELIEF THAT A VACCINE OR IMMUNIZATION IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE CHILD; TO PROVIDE THAT CHILDREN MAY NOT ATTEND SCHOOL UNLESS THEY HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF IMMUNIZATION OR A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION; TO PROVIDE THAT A LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER OR PHYSICIAN MAY PROVIDE A CERTIFICATE OF IMMUNIZATION FOR ANY CHILD WHO HAS BEEN AGE APPROPRIATELY IMMUNIZED AGAINST, OR DEMONSTRATES SEROLOGIC OR OTHER SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH IMMUNITY FROM, CERTAIN SPECIFIED DISEASES AND OTHER DISEASES AS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE HEALTH OFFICER; TO PROVIDE THAT A LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER MAY GRANT A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FROM IMMUNIZATION FOR ANY CHILD WHO, IN THE OPINION OF A PHYSICIAN, SUFFERS FROM A PHYSICAL CONDITION RECOGNIZED AS A CONTRA-INDICATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A VACCINE AND IS AT INCREASED RISK FROM SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE VACCINE RELATIVE TO A TYPICAL OR HEALTHY CHILD FOR WHOM THE VACCINATION PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED; TO SPECIFY THE FACTORS THAT THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER MUST CONSIDER IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE PARENT(S) OR GUARDIAN(S) OF A CHILD FIRMLY HOLD THAT TYPE OF BELIEF; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, WHEN THERE IS AN OCCURRENCE OF A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OR CONDITION AT A SCHOOL THAT REQUIRES THE REMOVAL OF UNVACCINATED CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL, SHALL EXCLUDE FROM ATTENDANCE ANY CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED AGAINST THAT DISEASE OR CONDITION FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME NECESSARY TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND THAT OF THE PUBLIC; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 6 to March 6, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Mar 6 · stopped29 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 6 to Mar 6 · stopped29 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 6
- Feb 6Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Education
- Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 6Referred To Public Health and Human Services;EducationHouse of Representatives
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives