Public Called Upon to Descend on California Capital to Stand for Health Freedom and Oppose Removal of Medical Exemptions for Mandatory Vaccines
Health Impact News
Apr 22, 2019
The California Senate Health Committee hearing for SB 276 in Sacramento on Wednesday, April 24th at 1:30 pm in the John L. Burton Hearing Room 4203.
We need your action this week to stop SB 276 sponsored by Senator Richard Pan which interferes with and restricts the medical exemption to mandatory vaccinations in California. It is inappropriate for The California Department of Public Health (CDPH), a state agency of unelected bureaucrats, to be given legal authority to hijack the private patient physician relationship by being placed in the position to reject doctor issued medical vaccine exemptions.
Forcing physicians to violate their professional judgment and their conscience is a form of state-sponsored tyranny that should not be part of public health law in any state, especially in California where parents who witness vaccine reactions in their family no longer have the protective safety of the personal belief exemption due to another bill, SB 277 in 2015, by the same bill author. SB 276 discriminates against those who cant tolerate vaccination. A child injured or killed by a vaccine is just as important as a child who gets sick from a vaccine preventable illness. The United States Government has paid out more than $4 billion dollars to vaccine victims through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. VOTE NO on SB 276!
Calls and Emails in Opposition Needed All Week BEFORE Hearing!
by National Vaccine Information Center
We need your action this week to stop SB 276 sponsored by Senator Richard Pan which interferes with and restricts the medical exemption to mandatory vaccinations in California.
The bill was originally introduced to amend the law regarding hazardous waste and then was amended and replaced with the following provisions to:
Require the department to develop and make available for use by licensed physicians and surgeons a statewide standardized medical exemption request form;
Require the physician or surgeon to only use this form for medical exemptions and submit the form to the health department;
Require the state public health officer or designee to either approve or deny the exemption request;
Require the department to create and maintain a database of medical exemption requests approved and make the information in the database accessible to local public health officers;
Require anyone with a current medical exemption to submit, by July 1, 2020, a copy of that medical exemption to the department for inclusion in the database in order for the medical exemption to remain valid; and
Allow a local public health officer to revoke a medical exemption if it is determined it is fraudulent or inconsistent with applicable CDC guidelines.
ACTION NEEDED:
1. Attend the Senate Health Committee hearing for SB 276 in Sacramento on Wednesday, April 24th at 1:30 pm in the John L. Burton Hearing Room 4203.
Be prepared to very quickly state your name, the organization you represent (if any), your Senate District and Senators name and that you oppose SB 276. Please wear business attireand be polite and respectful. Signs are not allowed inside the Capitol. Clapping or verbal interruptions are not allowed during the hearing. California State Capitol Address, Directions and Parking Map
2. Call and Email Members of the Senate Health Committee and ask them to OPPOSE SB 276. Hit the phones hard! See talking points below.
Senator Richard Pan (Chair) Capitol: (916) 651-4006 District: (916) 262-2904
Senator Jeff Stone (Vice Chair) Capitol: (916) 651-4028, Indio District Office: (760) 398-6442, Murrieta District Office: (951) 894-3530
Senator Maria Elena Durazo Capitol: (916) 651-4024, District: (213) 483-9300
Senator Shannon Grove Capitol: (916) 651-4016, Bakersfield District Office: (661) 323-0443, Yucca Valley District Office: (760) 228-3136
Senator Melissa Hurtado Capitol: (916) 651-4014, Fresno District Office: (559) 264-3070, Bakersfield District Office: (661) 395-2620, Hanford District Office: (559) 585-7161
Senator Connie M. Leyva Capitol: (916) 651-4020, Chino District Office: (909) 591-7016, San Bernardino District Office: (909) 888-5360
Senator Holly J. Mitchell Capitol: (916) 651-4030, Los Angeles District Office: (213) 745-6656
Senator Bill Monning Capitol: (916) 651-4017, Monterey District Office: (831) 657-6315, San Luis Obispo District Office: (805) 549-3784, Santa Cruz District Office: (831) 425-0401
Senator Susan Rubio Capitol: (916) 651-4022, West Covina District Office: (626) 430-2499
