After Heated Hearing Controversial Bill To Curb Doctor Shopping For Vaccine Exemptions Moves Forward In Calif. Assembly

After Heated Hearing, Controversial Bill To Curb ‘Doctor Shopping’ For Vaccine Exemptions Moves Forward In Calif. Assembly

08:37 EDT 21 Jun 2019 | Kaiser Health News

After facing bipartisan scrutiny in a nearly six-hour hearing, the bill passed through the California Assembly Health Committee on a 9-2 vote, with four members abstaining. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he'd sign this bill, which allows the public health department to scrutinize doctors who grant more than five medical exemptions in a year and schools with vaccination rates of less than 95%. The debate over the legislation has drawn hundreds of anti-vaccination protesters. In other news on the outbreak, some summer camps are requiring vaccines.

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