SB460 SFAT Weld #3 2-18

Dellinger  7965

Senator Weld moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com Sub Bill 460- A Bill to amend and reenact §16-3-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to exemptions for compulsory immunization requirements; providing specific duties for the state health officer; removing reporting requirements; revising medical exemption process; eliminating state immunization officer; permitting religious exemption to mandatory vaccination requirements; permitting philosophical exemption to mandatory vaccination requirements; prohibiting entities from excluding participation in extracurricular activities based upon exercising an exemption; prohibiting entities from excluding attendance at school-based events based upon exercising an exemption; permitting a civil action for violations of this section; setting forth public policy supporting exemptions; permitting private, parochial and church schools or state-regulated child care centers or schools of a religious order may continue to require compulsory immunization requirements; and precluding liability for a religious private, parochial, or church school or child care centers.

Adopted

Rejected