Would require written informed consent before immunizations are given to children, with civil liability and an administrative penalty for failing to obtain it. Parents should give informed, written consent before any medical procedure on their child.
The bill would provide a parents’ bill of rights related to the health, education and welfare of minor children. Parents should have clear rights over their children’s health and education.
The bill would remove the religious exemption for the MMR vaccine for children attending public schools. Families should not lose their religious exemption to attend public school.
The bill would add vaccine communication transparency requirements, including information on obtaining childhood or school-entry immunization exemptions. Parents deserve full information about their exemption options.
The bill would authorize school committees to deny or defer approval of a proposed homeschooling plan in certain circumstances. Parents, not school committees, should decide how to educate their children at home.
Provides additional rights under the Parents’ Bill of Rights, a process to submit complaints, and a cause of action. Parents, not the state, should direct the upbringing and education of their children.
The bill would limit minors who can consent to health care without a parent to those who are emancipated. Parents should be involved in their children’s medical decisions.
The bill makes many school law changes, including on vaccines and notice to parents, and creates tax credits for private and home school costs. Tax credits for home school costs could help families, but this broad bill needs watching.
Would prohibit providing mental health services to minors without parental consent. Parents, not the state, should make decisions about their children’s care.
Requires children enrolled in overnight camps, summer day camps, or traveling summer day camps to be vaccinated against a specified list of diseases. The Senate version was substituted by the Assembly bill, which was returned to the Assembly in May 2026. Children should not be shut out of summer camp over their families’ medical decisions.