Missoula County opposes SB 332: Generally revise immunization laws related to foster care, up for hearing today in the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety Committee.
It is the duty of the Child and Family Services Division to ensure that children in foster care are protected to the best of their ability. One of the simplest ways to protect children's health is to make sure kids in their care are up to date on vaccinations for their age and medical conditions.
If a child is placed with a family who chooses to remain unvaccinated, that child is at risk of getting a highly contagious vaccine-preventable disease from an unvaccinated foster family member, such as measles or pertussis. If both the foster family and the foster child are vaccinated, this risk goes down significantly.
There are kids in the foster system who have medical conditions that prevent them from being vaccinated. If this unvaccinated child is placed with a foster family who is unvaccinated by choice, the child's health is at serious risk. This would not be the safest placement.
Immunizations are scientifically proven to be safe and effective and are one of the best and cheapest public health measures we have at preventing infectious diseases. If a child in foster care becomes ill from a vaccine-preventable disease, this puts a needless strain on the already burdened healthcare system and has a negative financial impact on the State Child Welfare system.
Missoula County opposes SB 332: Generally revise immunization laws related to foster care, up for second reading today on the Senate floor.
It is the duty of the Child and Family Services Division to ensure that children in foster care are protected to the best of their ability. One of the simplest ways to protect children's health is to make sure kids in their care are up to date on vaccinations for their age and medical conditions.
If a child is placed with a family who chooses to remain unvaccinated, that child is at risk of getting a highly contagious vaccine-preventable disease from an unvaccinated foster family member, such as measles or pertussis. If both the foster family and the foster child are vaccinated, this risk goes down significantly.
There are kids in the foster system who have medical conditions that prevent them from being vaccinated. If this unvaccinated child is placed with a foster family who is unvaccinated by choice, the child's health is at serious risk. This would not be the safest placement.
Immunizations are scientifically proven to be safe and effective and are one of the best and cheapest public health measures we have at preventing infectious diseases. If a child in foster care becomes ill from a vaccine-preventable disease, this puts a needless strain on the already burdened healthcare system and has a negative financial impact on the State Child Welfare system.
Sent Feb. 24:
ReplyDeleteSenator Sands,
Missoula County opposes SB 332: Generally revise immunization laws related to foster care, up for hearing today in the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety Committee.
It is the duty of the Child and Family Services Division to ensure that children in foster care are protected to the best of their ability. One of the simplest ways to protect children's health is to make sure kids in their care are up to date on vaccinations for their age and medical conditions.
If a child is placed with a family who chooses to remain unvaccinated, that child is at risk of getting a highly contagious vaccine-preventable disease from an unvaccinated foster family member, such as measles or pertussis. If both the foster family and the foster child are vaccinated, this risk goes down significantly.
There are kids in the foster system who have medical conditions that prevent them from being vaccinated. If this unvaccinated child is placed with a foster family who is unvaccinated by choice, the child's health is at serious risk. This would not be the safest placement.
Immunizations are scientifically proven to be safe and effective and are one of the best and cheapest public health measures we have at preventing infectious diseases. If a child in foster care becomes ill from a vaccine-preventable disease, this puts a needless strain on the already burdened healthcare system and has a negative financial impact on the State Child Welfare system.
Please oppose SB 332.
Sent March 1:
ReplyDeleteSenators,
Missoula County opposes SB 332: Generally revise immunization laws related to foster care, up for second reading today on the Senate floor.
It is the duty of the Child and Family Services Division to ensure that children in foster care are protected to the best of their ability. One of the simplest ways to protect children's health is to make sure kids in their care are up to date on vaccinations for their age and medical conditions.
If a child is placed with a family who chooses to remain unvaccinated, that child is at risk of getting a highly contagious vaccine-preventable disease from an unvaccinated foster family member, such as measles or pertussis. If both the foster family and the foster child are vaccinated, this risk goes down significantly.
There are kids in the foster system who have medical conditions that prevent them from being vaccinated. If this unvaccinated child is placed with a foster family who is unvaccinated by choice, the child's health is at serious risk. This would not be the safest placement.
Immunizations are scientifically proven to be safe and effective and are one of the best and cheapest public health measures we have at preventing infectious diseases. If a child in foster care becomes ill from a vaccine-preventable disease, this puts a needless strain on the already burdened healthcare system and has a negative financial impact on the State Child Welfare system.
Please oppose SB 332.