Saturday, March 24, 2007

Compulsory State-Mandated Medical Treatment

This also includes an insecure tracking database.

House Bill HB-1347 – Concerning the immunization tracking system in Colorado,
takes the existing law for the tracking system and moves it into a new section
called “The Immunization Registry Act”.

Here are the key points:
- Immunization and epidemiological information can be gathered and shared
WITHOUT CONSENT,
- HB 1347 makes it clear that this tracking system applies to EVERYONE, not just
children. In other words, womb to tomb tracking.
- HB 1347 would allow the results of newborn screening and any follow-up testing
to also be sent to the immunization tracking system.
- Privacy is NOT protected by HIPAA. Contractors can directly contact YOU when
shots are due with reminders (e.g., post cards, phone calls, even show up at
your door step)
- There is NO true opt-out (only shot information can be removed) and puts
people who exempt out of the federal one-size-fits-all immunization schedule on
a list of “non-compliers”.
- Keeps the current law requiring people on public assistance provide
verification that each child in the household is being brought up-to-date with
immunizations as a condition of eligibility for aid and does not allow them a
personal exemption, only medical or religious.
- Amends the definition of the official “certificate of immunization” to be an
electronic file or a hard copy of an electronic file proved to the school
directly from the immunization tracking system. The “paper copy” that most
people currently use is not shown in the new bill.

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