HB30 - My Child, My Choice Vaccination Act Summary

• Establishes the "My Child, My Choice Vaccination Act" to amend Section 16-30-3 of the Alabama Code, removing the epidemic exception and allowing parents/guardians to exempt children from school vaccination or testing requirements based on religious beliefs or sincerely held personal beliefs.

• Requires public PreK-12 schools and local boards of education to include information about exemption grounds in all communications regarding vaccination requirements, presented in the same font, size, style, and page location as the requirements themselves.

• Mandates local superintendents make monthly reports to the State Superintendent of Education documenting verified violations, with penalties of $1,000 per violation deducted from the Foundation Program Fund for violating schools or boards.

• Requires public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education to provide vaccination exemptions based on religious tenets, practices, sincerely held religious beliefs, or medical certification, and include exemption information in all vaccination communications.

• Requires the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to include any violations of vaccination-related provisions in audit reports of schools and higher education institutions, with state funding reductions of $1,000 per violation for non-compliant institutions.

• Becomes effective the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.