If you do not want your children or grandchildren to be vaccinated by a pharmacist without your knowledge or informed consent, then PLEASE TAKE ACTION!
Oppose HB76 (SB18)– “Authorizing a pharmacist to order and administer certain vaccinations to individuals in certain age groups if certain requirements are met; altering the vaccinations that a pharmacist can administer to individuals at least 5 years old; altering the circumstances under which a pharmacist may administer certain vaccinations; and making the Act an emergency measure.”
ACTION:
Submit written / oral testimony on Tuesday 1/30/24 between 8 am and 6 pm.
The House hearing will be on Thursday 2/01/24 at 1 pm in the House HGO Committee
If you sign up on MyMGA and submit your testimony on 1/30 as noted, your testimony will be given to all committee members and will be permanently recorded. This way you do not need to call or send emails.
Rules and directions for filing written and/or oral or virtual testimony on MyMGA for the HGO Committee are found HERE.
HGO Committee Contact Information:
If you do not sign up on MyMGA, please call or email legislators. Please act to protect children and your parental rights.
Call the three bill Sponsors below and ask them to withdraw the bill which is cross-filed in the Senate as SB18. The Senate hearing is scheduled for 2/13/24 but your response could move them to withdraw the bill.
Delegate Lesley J. Lopez 410-841-3021 | 301-858-3021
Senator Clarence Lam Phone 410-841-3653 | 301-858-3653 and
Senator Malcolm Augustine Phone 410-841-3745 | 301-858-3745
Reasons to oppose the bill:
1. Pharmacies are not doctor’s offices and pharmacists are not doctors. This undermines the patient/doctor relationship.
2. The bill does not specify the need for parental knowledge or parental consent and therefore undermines parental and medical rights.
3. Childhood vaccination rates in Maryland are among the highest in the nation between 90% and 98%. Doctors offices are meeting any public health need for childhood vaccinations.
4. This bill was originally part of an Emergency Use Authorization bill which was intended to expire by the end of 2022. It did not pass in 2023 with public pressure to withdraw the bill. There is no public health emergency.
5. If this bill becomes law, youth and teens who do go places independently would be prime targets to solicit for vaccinations like the HPV vaccine and the experimental COVID vaccines which come with serious risks and no proven benefit. Youth are not able to assess personal risk/benefit of vaccination.
6. Neither the child nor the pharmacist will know the child’s health history and contraindications to vaccination.
Call or email the Committee Delegates and ask them to vote UNFAVORABLE for HB76:
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HGO Chair: Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk 410-841-3502 | 301-858-3502
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HGO Co-chair: Delegate Bonnie Cullison: 410-841-3883 | 301-858-3883
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Delegate Tiffany T. Alston 410-841-3139 | 301-858-3139
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Delegate Heather Bagnall 410-841-3406 | 301-858-3406
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Delegate Harry Bhandari 410-841-3526 | 301-858-3526
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Delegate Pam Lanman Guzzone 410-841-3083 | 301-858-3083
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Delegate Terri L. Hill 410-841-3378 | 301-858-3378
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Delegate Tom Hutchinson 410-841-3582 | 301-858-3582
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Delegate Steve Johnson 410-841-3280 | 301-858-3280
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Delegate Anne R. Kaiser 410-841-3036 | 301-858-3036
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Delegate Kenneth Kerr 410-841-3240 | 301-858-3240
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Delegate Robbyn Lewis 410-841-3772 | 301-858-3772
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Delegate Lesley J. Lopez 410-841-3021 | 301-858-3021
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Delegate Ashanti Marinez 410-841-3652 | 301-858-3652
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Delegate Teresa E. Reilly 410-841-3278 | 301-858-3278
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Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg 410-841-3297 | 301-858-3297
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Delegate Deni Taveras 410-841-3101 | 301-858-3101
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Delegate Jennifer White 410-841-3744 | 301-858-374
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Delegate Jamila J. Woods 410-841-3544 | 301-858-3544
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Thank you for your activism in protecting children, parental and medical rights and health freedom.
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