SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1470        FILED ON: 1/16/2025

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Edward J. Kennedy

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to vaccines and preventing future disease outbreaks.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1470        FILED ON: 1/16/2025

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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 1391 OF 2023-2024.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to vaccines and preventing future disease outbreaks.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 15 of chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following 2 paragraphs:-

All schools, whether public, private, or charter, that provide education to children in any combination of grade levels from kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, shall annually report to the department total numbers of children who are successfully immunized in accordance with section 15 of chapter 76 and who are exempted from immunization requirements. The department shall designate the methodology for reporting.

The department shall annually publish and make publicly available aggregate immunizations and exemptions data for each school and school district, provided, that publishing and making publicly available such data shall not be required if it would result in disclosure of personal information as defined in section 1 of chapter 93H or otherwise violate applicable privacy laws. The department may also publish data by municipality, county, or other geographic designation, or otherwise in its discretion.