A Minnesota bill seeks to give child care centers and family child care providers the authority to deny children with a non-medical exemption to vaccines from enrolling or remaining enrolled in their care. The bill, HF 3179, would allow child care facilities to ignore a non-medical exemption if they choose to adopt a rule that prohibits children over the age of two months who are not completely immunized as required by the state “from enrolling or remaining enrolled in the child care center or the family child care program.” Minnesota immunization law only requires a parent or guardian to show documentation of their child’s immunizations or a medical or non-medical exemption to enroll in child care programs. A notarized non-medical exemption is allowed when the child’s parents conscientiously choose to exempt them from one or all vaccines due to personal, moral, or other beliefs. Minnesota is one of 15 states …
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