HB1949 - Tennessee: Children, Education, Health Care, Health, Dept. Of

Companion Bill SB1677. Health Care - Requires the department of health rather than local school officials to review and approve or disapprove applications for medical and religious exemptions from school immunizations; requires such applications to be notarized and to be renewed annually; requires certain information regarding the risks of choosing not to immunize to be provided to parents or guardians. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB1949 / *SB1677Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1949 / *SB1677 This bill revises various provisions governing immunization of school children, as follows: (1) Present law authorizes the commissioner of health, subject to the approval of the public health council, to designate diseases against which children must be immunized prior to attendance at any [...]

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