Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Potential foster and adoptive parents in Tennessee will no longer be subject to vaccination requirements after Governor Lee signed legislation on Thursday removing those stipulations. Current law states that children 18 months old or younger cannot be placed in homes with unvaccinated family members. The Department of […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The Tennessee House of Representatives passed legislation that will remove vaccination requirements for potential foster and adoptive parents. House Bill 1726, sponsored by Representative Ron Gant (R-Piperton-District 94) would change an existing policy that does not allow unvaccinated families to foster or adopt children 18 months old […]
Image: House Bill Sponsor Rep. Ron Gant Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A bill that would remove vaccination requirements when approving potential foster and adoptive homes was passed by the House Civil Justice Committee on Wednesday. House Bill 1726 (HB1726), sponsored by Representative Ron Gant (R-Piperton-District 94), “As introduced, prohibits the Department […]
Image: Bill Sponsor Senator Bo Watson presents SB2359 on the Senate floor. Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – A bill prohibiting the requirement for immunizations in order to adopt or host a foster child in the state of Tennessee has passed in the Senate. Senate Bill 2359 (SB2359) “As introduced, prohibits […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – A bill to combat current vaccine requirements by allowing moral and religious exemptions for Tennessee families who want to foster or adopt children under 18 months old and/or children with significant medical needs has been passed in the House Children and Family Affairs Subcommittee. House […]
Photo: Sen. Bo Watson says a requirement for foster families of infants to be vaccinated against the flu and whooping cough is discriminatory. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Anita Wadhwani [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] and The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A bill, sponsored by Senator Bo Watson (R-Hixson-District 11) and Representative Ron Gant (R-Piperton-District 94) […]
Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – Among the stream of new legislation filed for consideration in the current session of the Tennessee General Assembly, are two new bills with the intended purpose of fortifying the individual rights of those who wish to, or currently participate in the foster care system […]
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