H.F. 4406 Summary

• Removes the philosophical exemption from immunization requirements for school and child care facility enrollment in Minnesota.

• Maintains existing exemptions for medical contraindications (physician-certified), laboratory confirmation of immunity, and specific age-based exemptions for pertussis, poliomyelitis, measles, rubella, mumps, and haemophilus influenzae type b.

• Retains the religious belief exemption, which requires a notarized statement from a parent, guardian, or emancipated person and must be forwarded to the Commissioner of the Department of Health.

• Updates reporting requirements for schools and child care facilities to track only medical exemptions (paragraph c) and religious exemptions (paragraph d), removing references to philosophical exemptions.

• Applies to elementary and secondary schools as well as child care facilities, with limited exceptions for online-only learning and certain part-time child care arrangements.