Hawaii HB1118 aims to minimize non-medical exemptions to school immunization requirements to protect public health.
Hawaii HB1118 seeks to improve the health and safety of school-aged children by reducing non-medical exemptions to school immunization requirements. The bill emphasizes the importance of herd immunity, especially for medically fragile children who cannot be safely immunized. It notes that the rate of non-medical immunization exemptions in Hawaii has more than doubled from 2.5% to 5.3% between the 2015-2016 and 2023-2024 school years. The bill allows for religious exemptions but aims to limit non-medical exemptions to safeguard against vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks.
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