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H2554 • 2025

An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations

An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations

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Sponsor
Andres X. Vargas
Last action
2026-04-15
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations

An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2554) of Andres X.
  • Vargas and others relative to routine childhood immunization reports made by schools.
  • Public Health.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 House

    Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2026-03-19 House

    Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026

  3. 2025-12-08 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  4. 2025-07-31 Senate

    Senate concurred

  5. 2025-07-30 House

    Discharged to the committee on Health Care Financing

  6. 2025-07-24 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  7. 2025-06-02 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/06/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:30 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Public Health

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations
By Representative Vargas of Haverhill, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2554) of Andres X. Vargas and others relative to routine childhood immunization reports made by schools. Public Health.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2554

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.

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