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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/8/2006 11:51:56 AM Home School Legal Defense Association South Carolina: Calls Needed To Stop Immunization Bill |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== May 8, 2006 South Carolina: Calls Needed To Stop Immunization Bill Dear HSLDA members and friends: Senate Bill 1046, legislation which would establish a state immunization registry for South Carolina children, is scheduled to be heard by the House Health and Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on Wednesday, May 10, at 9 a.m. in Room 426 of the Blatt Building. This bill passed the Senate on April 26. Unless the subcommittee hears from families opposing this bill, it will continue to sail through the General Assembly and likely become law. Senate Bill 1046 would create a state immunization registry at the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to track vaccinations received by children. It would also empower DHEC to create reporting requirements for citizens, schools, and healthcare providers to provide information to the registry. Such record keeping of personal medical information by the state is an unnecessary and threatening invasion of privacy. Private medical providers already do an excellent job of maintaining records on patients receiving immunizations. We don't want the state to begin harassing citizens about what shots to get and when. There is a real likelihood that parents who choose not to have their children vaccinated as prescribed by DHEC will be reported to the Department of Social Services for medical neglect. There is also a negative fiscal impact of this bill for residents of South Carolina. The increase in the number of state employees required to administer this tracking and reporting program will result in higher operating expenses to the state and possibly higher taxes for citizens. ACTION REQUESTED 1. Please contact all three members of the House Health and Environmental Affairs Subcommittee with this message: "Please vote against Senate Bill 1046 which would create a state immunization registry for children. Such record keeping of personal medical information by the state is an unnecessary invasion of privacy. Private medical providers already to an excellent job of maintaining records on patients receiving immunizations. 2. Please forward this email to other families who are not members of Home School Legal Defense Association and ask them to contact members of the subcommittee as well. This legislation would affect all families in South Carolina, not just homeschoolers. The names and contact information of the subcommittee members are as follows: Rep. Lester Branham--Chairman, (D) 314A Blatt Building Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 734-3002 BranhamL@schouse.org Rep. Nikki Haley, (R) 320D Blatt Building Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 734-2970 HaleyN@schouse.org Rep. Harold Mitchell Jr., (D) 414D Blatt Building Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 734-6638 MITCHELLH@schouse.org To find the name and contact information for your state representative, use HSLDA's Legislative Toolbox at http://www.hslda.org/toolbox, or you may contact the Clerk of the House of Representatives at (803) 734-2010. To view the text of Senate Bill 1046, please visit http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/bills/1046.doc Please call all members of the subcommittee today! Very truly yours, Dewitt T. Black, III HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Extreme makeovers are for extreme circumstances... Most homeschools don't need an extreme makeover, but there is something to be said for attention to detail and recognition of accomplishments. Watch the media and you'll soon see that not everyone wants home educators and homeschooling to look good. 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