HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4813
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 26, 2022.
The committee on Public Health to whom was referred the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2271) of Paul J. Donato, Andres X.
Vargas and others for legislation to establish an immunization program
within the Department of Public Health for certain child care centers,
schools, camps and institutions of higher education, and the petition
(accompanied by bill, House, No. 2411) of Andres X. Vargas and others
relative to vaccination and immunization for school admittance, reports
recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4813) ought to
pass.
For the committee,
MARJORIE C. DECKER.
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HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4813
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act relative to vaccines and preventing future disease outbreaks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 15 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition,
2 is hereby amended by striking out the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following
3 2 paragraphs:-
4 All schools, whether public, private, or charter, that provide education to children in any
5 combination of grade levels from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, shall annually report to the
6 department total numbers of children who are successfully immunized in accordance with
7 section 15 of chapter 76 and who are exempted from immunization requirements. The
8 department shall designate the methodology for reporting.
9 The department shall annually publish and make publicly available aggregate
10 immunizations and exemptions data for each school and school district, provided, that publishing
11 and making publicly available such data shall not be required if it would result in disclosure of
12 personal information as defined in section 1 of chapter 93H or otherwise violate applicable
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13 privacy laws. The department may also publish data by municipality, county, or other geographic
14 designation, or otherwise in its discretion.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 76-15