Vaccine legislation faces pushback from state health officials
Vaccine legislation faces pushback from state health officials Published: 2/8/2021 3:21:34 PM Two bills that aim to address privacy and freedom of choice concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine drew strong opposition from state health officials Monday. HB 220, sponsored by Rep. Tim Lang, would prevent the state from requiring immunizations for communicable diseases, namely the COVID-19 shot. Proponents of the bill argued that residents should not be excluded from state-sponsored programs or public schools for opting out of the vaccine. “We can yell about this bill to death, and ‘what i...