By Kevin Tripp, KABC
Vaccine critics turned out in Sacramento to oppose the bill. But vaccine supporter Jenni Balck told the lawmakers her daughter’s heart surgery means she depends on other kids getting vaccinated.
”And I understand that people who choose not to vaccinate their children believe that they are doing what is right for their children. But what they feel is right for their kids, puts my child in mortal jeopardy every day.”
The bill is designed to more closely regulate doctors who write medical exemptions for childhood vaccinations. Under this bill, If a school has a vaccination rate under 95 percent, that would trigger a state review of the exemptions written by doctors. The bill also requires the state to review recommendations by doctors who write more than five exemptions per year.