Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 979
School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons or conscientious beliefs for.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-23-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATIONS FOR MEDICAL REASONS OR FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS IN ORDER FOR THE CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO CLAIM AN EXEMPTION FROM A REQUIRED VACCINATION FOR MEDICAL REASONS, THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST PRESENT A STATEMENT FROM THE CHILD'S PHYSICIAN STATING THAT THE REQUIRED VACCINE IS MEDICALLY CONTRAINDICATED OR POSES A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE CHILD OR ANY MEMBER OF THE CHILD'S HOUSEHOLD; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN EXEMPTION FROM A REQUIRED VACCINATION FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS, THE CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST COMPLETE AN AFFIDAVIT ON AN EXEMPTION FORM PROVIDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXEMPTION FORM FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS MUST CONTAIN A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN UNDERSTANDS THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF VACCINATIONS AND THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF NOT BEING VACCINATED, AND MUST CONTAIN A SECTION WHERE THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN CAN LIST THE SPECIFIC VACCINATION OR VACCINATIONS FOR WHICH THE EXEMPTION APPLIES; TO PROVIDE THAT EXEMPTIONS FROM VACCINATIONS FOR MEDICAL REASONS OR FOR CONSCIENTIOUS BELIEFS WILL BE VALID FOR ONE YEAR; 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
4 co-sponsors
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 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.