SF 3061

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 07/27/2022 01:33pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; expanding exemptions to mandated vaccinations; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 121A.15, subdivision 3; 135A.14, subdivision
3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 121A.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Exemptions from immunizations.

(a) If a person is at least seven years old
and has not been immunized against pertussis, the person must not be required to be
immunized against pertussis.

(b) If a person is at least 18 years old and has not completed a series of immunizations
against poliomyelitis, the person must not be required to be immunized against poliomyelitis.

(c) If a statement, signed by a physician, is submitted to the administrator or other person
having general control and supervision of the school or child care facility stating that an
immunization is contraindicated for medical reasons or that laboratory confirmation of the
presence of adequate immunity exists, the immunization specified in the statement need
not be required.

(d) If a notarized statement signed by the minor child's parent or guardian or by the
emancipated person is submitted to the administrator or other person having general control
and supervision of the school or child care facility stating that the person has not been
immunized as prescribed in subdivision 1 because of the conscientiously held beliefs of the
parent or guardian of the minor child or of the emancipated person, the immunizations
specified in the statement shall not be required. This statement must also be forwarded to
the commissioner of the Department of Health.

(e) If the person is under 15 months, the person is not required to be immunized against
measles, rubella, or mumps.

(f) If a person is at least five years old and has not been immunized against haemophilus
influenzae type b, the person is not required to be immunized against haemophilus influenzae
type b.

(g) If a person who is not a Minnesota resident enrolls in a Minnesota school online
learning course or program that delivers instruction to the person only by computer and
does not provide any teacher or instructor contact time or require classroom attendance, the
person is not subject to the immunization, statement, and other requirements of this section.

new text begin (h) If a school district or charter school requires an immunization in addition to those
prescribed in subdivision 1, the same applicable exemptions in this subdivision apply to the
locally required immunization.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 135A.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Exemptions from immunization.

(a) An immunization listed in subdivision
2 new text begin , and any other immunization mandated by an institution for enrollment or attendance, new text end is
not required if the student submits to the administrator a statement signed by a physician
that shows:

(1) that, for medical reasons, the student did not receive an immunization;

(2) that the student has experienced the natural disease against which the immunization
protects; or

(3) that a laboratory has confirmed the presence of adequate immunity.

(b) If the student submits a notarized statement that the student has not been immunized
as required in subdivision 2 because of the student's conscientiously held beliefs, the
immunizations described in subdivision 2 are not required. The institution shall forward
this statement to the commissioner of health.