After Heated Hearing, Controversial Bill To Curb ‘Doctor Shopping’ For Vaccine Exemptions Moves Forward In Calif. Assembly

After facing bipartisan scrutiny in a nearly six-hour hearing, the bill passed through the California Assembly Health Committee on a 9-2 vote, with four members abstaining. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he'd sign this bill, which allows the public health department to scrutinize doctors who grant more than five medical exemptions in a year and schools with vaccination rates of less than 95%. The debate over the legislation has drawn hundreds of anti-vaccination protesters. In other news on the outbreak, some summer camps are requiring vaccines.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2N0sF9T