OPPOSE Ohio Bills HB 536 & SB 381 New Vaccine Mandates for Childcare, Vaccine Exemptions Restricted Hearings Scheduled on Wednesday November 19th From our friends at the National Vaccine Information Center Ohio residents, We wanted to encourage you to immediately contact your Ohio legislators to vigorously oppose two bills scheduled for hearings in the Ohio Legislature for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 that add sweeping new vaccine mandates for childcare while offering unreasonable and limited vaccine exemptions. Amended HB 536 and SB 381 legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=130_SB_381> both are attempting to impose expansive new vaccine mandates for children attending day-care centers and family day-care homes including vaccine requirements for Chicken pox, Diphtheria, Haemophilis influenza type b, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Influenza, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Pneumococcal disease, Poliomyelitis, Rotavirus, Rubella, and Tetanus. Both bills also restrict vaccine exemptions for religious and conscientious beliefs by imposing the unreasonable burden that the exemption must be certified in writing by the childs physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant. Vaccine exemptions in current Ohio state law for school aged children law have no such restrictions. ACTION NEEDED: 1. Contact your Ohio State Representative and Senator and ask them to oppose HB 536 and SB 381. If you are not sure who your state legislators are, log into the NVIC Advocacy Portal at NVICAdvocacy.org and go to the Ohio State Team Page to see your personal legislators contact information automatically displayed. If you havent registered for the NVIC Advocacy Portal, please do so you can be put on our email list to receive updated action alerts and to be able to access current information on fighting these bills. 2. Contact the legislative members of the House Health and Aging Committee and the Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Services Committee and ask them to oppose HB 536 and SB 381 on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (Contact information and talking points listed below) 3. Attend the hearings on Nov. 19, 2014 (1 Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio 43215, parking information ohiostatehouse.org/about/general-information/parking> ) and register to oppose or testify against the bills if allowed. SB 381 legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=130_SB_381 Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Services Committee ohiosenate.gov/senate/committee/medicaid-health-and-human-services Agenda search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/cm_pub_api/api/unwrap/chamber/130th_ga/ready_for_publication/committee_doc/cmte_s_medicaid_hum_services_1/notice/cm te_s_medicaid_hum_services_1_2014-11-19-0900_56/current/notice.pdf 8:30 am in the South Hearing room Map ohiostatehouse.org/Assets/Files/1000080.pdf HB 536 search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/cm_pub_api/api/unwrap/chamber/130th_ga/bills/house/hb536/00_I/cm_amend_130%201463-4_SubHB536.pdf House Health and Aging Committee ohiohouse.gov/committee/health-and-aging (agenda ohiohouse.gov/Assets/CommitteeSchedule/calendar.pdf) 9:30 AM in Room 116 (map ohiostatehouse.org/Assets/Files/1000085.pdf ) COMMITTEE CONTACT INFORMATION: Senate Medicaid, Health and Human Services Committee ohiosenate.gov/senate/committee/medicaid-health-and-human-services Senator Shannon Jones , Chair and sponsor of SB381 (614) 466-9737 Senator Dave Burke, Vice Chair (614) 466-8049 Senator Capri S Cafaro (614) 466-7182 Senator Edna Brown (614) 466-5204 Senator Randy Gardner (614) 466-8060 Senator Chris Jordan (614) 466-8086 Senator Peggy Lehner, co-sponsor for SB381 (614) 466-4538 Senator Scott Oelslager (614) 466-0626 Senator Charleta B. Tavares (614) 466-5131 House Health and Aging Committee ohiohouse.gov/committee/health-and-aging Representative Lynn R. Wachtmann, Chair Phone (614) 466-3760 Fax (614) 719-3975 Representative Anne Gonzales, Vice Chair Phone (614) 466-4847 Fax (614) 719-6958 Representative Nickie J Antonio, Sponsor HB536 Phone (614) 466-5921 Fax (614) 719-3913 Representative John Barnes, Jr. Phone (614) 466-1408 Fax (614) 719-3912 Representative Heather Bishoff Phone (614) 644-6002 Fax (614) 719-6959 Representative Tim W. Brown Phone (614) 466-8104 Fax (614) 719-0006 Representative John Patrick Carney Phone (614) 466-2473 Fax (614) 719-6961 Representative Christina Hagan Phone (614) 466-9078 Fax (614) 719-6950 Representative Robert F. Hagan Phone (614) 466-9435 Fax (614) 719-3960 Representative Brian Hill Phone (614) 644-6014 Fax (614) 719-6994 Representative Jay Hottinger Phone (614) 466-1482 Fax (614) 719-3971 Representative Terry Johnson Phone (614) 466-2124 Fax (614) 719-6989 Representative Ron Maag Phone (614) 644-6023 Fax (614) 719-3589 Representative Dale Mallory Phone (614) 466-1645 Fax (614) 719-3586 Representative Dan Ramos Phone (614) 466-5141 Fax (614) 719-3956 Representative Kirk Schuring Phone (614) 752-2438 Fax (614) 719-6951 Representative Barbara R. Sears Phone (614) 466-1731 Fax (614) 719-6946 Representative Ryan Smith Phone (614) 466-1366 Fax (614) 719-6987 Representative Robert Sprague Phone (614) 466-3819 Fax (614) 719-3976 TALKING POINTS: . HB 536 and SB 381 place an unnecessary burden on parents, day-care providers and family day-care homes by adding new mandates for 14 vaccines that are already available to anyone who wants them. The majority of states dont require all 14 of these vaccines for day care. . Religious and conscientious exemptions should not have to be certified by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant - that is what a medical exemption is for. These restrictions are expensive for families because they require unneeded extra health care provider visits, and they dont exist anywhere in other vaccine exemptions in Ohio state law. The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) works diligently to prepare and disseminate our legislative advocacy action alerts and supporting materials. We request that organizations and members of the public forward our alerts in their original form to assure consistent and accurate messaging and effective action. Please acknowledge NVIC as originators of this work when forwarding to members of the public and like-minded organizations. 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Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:06:05 +0000
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