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Rep. Tim Lang introduced his “immunization freedom” bill in 2019, before COVID-19, to end a state requirement that foster parents be vaccinated against the flu and other communicable diseases. Once the pandemic arrived, so did out-of-staters determined to recast it as an anti-mandate, “personal liberty” bill, similar to nearly 500 others pending in state legislatures across the country.
New Hampshire does not mandate a COVID-19 vaccine (or masks as of Saturday), and state law allows exemptions for people who oppose other immunizations. There is no legislation proposing a mandate or a vaccine passport. That has not discouraged those who oppose both. More than 500 people registered support for Lang’s bill at a hearing before the Senate House and Human Services Committee Wednesday, and several testified.
Committee approves bill on party lines to restore MaineCare benefits to noncitizen immigrants
The measure cleared the Legislature s Health and Human Services Committee with majority Democrats favoring the change and Republicans opposing it.
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The Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that will restore MaineCare benefits to noncitizen immigrants and immigrant children, who would otherwise be ineligible under federal law.
The 7-4, party-line vote, with Democrats on the committee supporting the change and Republicans opposing it, came after only a short debate. Two lawmakers were absent for the vote but have 24 hours to weigh in on the measure.
SALT LAKE CITY When Rep. Raymond Ward, R-Bountiful, found out his son had cancer, the last thing on his mind was his son s ability to have children. You re not thinking about that; you re just trying to get through this week and next week and the next week, and hope that your child doesn t die. You don t even know how to plan ahead for those things, he said.
Doctors thought the first treatment would cure Ward s son, but within a month the cancer had returned, and more aggressively this time. His teenage son would end up needing a bone marrow transplant and more aggressive treatment.