Texas House Passes Bill Making Vax Exemptions Easier

The Texas Tribune reports:

A bill that would make it easier for parents to exempt their children from school-required vaccinations passed the Texas House 83-54 on Wednesday. If House Bill 1586 by state Rep. Lacey Hull, R-Houston, becomes law, the state’s current exemption form could be downloaded from the internet, bypassing the need to contact the Texas Department of State Health Services directly and having a form mailed to an applicant’s home address.

Hull insisted that the bill did nothing more than make it easier for individuals to print the exemption form at home. “Members, this bill is just about a form.” But Democrats countered that the bill will further erode herd immunity for Texas children, at a time when the state has become ground zero for nation’s worst measles outbreak since 2000. Since January, there have been 717 cases of measles connected to a outbreak in West Texas. Two children have died.

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