“Thus, while DPHHS continues its work to permanently amend impacted rules and comply with RFRA, it is exercising its discretion in how it enforces the immunization requirements at child care facilities,” the department’s statement said. In a statement Friday, health department spokesperson Jon Ebelt said current childcare licensing rules don’t align with Senate Bill 215, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed by Republican lawmakers and signed by Gov. The letter said the new policy is effective immediately and will remain in place until further notice. 31, DPHHS Director Charlie Brereton said the agency would be “exercising its discretion” by not pursuing “negative licensing actions” against childcare facilities that “will not enforce immunization requirements against individuals/families who attest to objection to such requirements on the basis of religious belief.” The decision comes three months after the department proposed a formal rule to loosen religious exemption standards for childcare settings, a policy that was opposed by public health advocates and eventually blocked from going into effect by lawmakers on the health and human services interim committee until it could be reconsidered during the upcoming legislative session.Īccording to a letter dated Oct. The state Department of Public Health and Human Services is declining to enforce vaccination requirements for licensed childcare facilities that grant religious exemptions to participants.
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