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ID H0290
Bill
Status
3/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
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Moves specific vaccine requirements from administrative rules into statute for daycare (9 vaccines including DTaP, Polio, MMR, HIB, Hepatitis A & B, Varicella, Pneumococcal, and Rotavirus) and schools (6 vaccines with specific dose requirements, plus meningococcal boosters for 7th and 12th grades)
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Removes the State Board of Health and Welfare's authority to prescribe immunization requirements and nullifies administrative rules in IDAPA 16.02.11 and 16.02.15 effective July 1, 2025
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Consolidates exemption provisions into the main immunization statutes, allowing medical exemptions (physician certificate) and religious or other grounds exemptions (signed parental statement) for both daycare and schools
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Requires schools and daycare facilities to describe available exemptions and cite the relevant code section in any immunization communications to parents
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Repeals Section 39-4802 (exemptions) and Section 39-4805 (Idaho Childhood Immunization Policy Commission), with emergency effective date of July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Amends and repeals existing law to revise provisions regarding immunizations in daycare and schools.
IMMUNIZATIONS
Last Action
SECTION 7 & 8
3/27/2025