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UPDATE: 4/17/2024 - HB 288 failed to pass the House 3rd reading by a vote of 50 Yeas, 51 Nays, 4 Absent, on 4/17/2024.
UPDATE: 4/17/2024 - HB 288 was amended on the House floor on 4/17/2024. The amendment establishes a disclaimer at the end of Subsection (C)(1)(b) of HB 288, underlined below:
Subsection (C)(1)(b) "The autopsy shall include microscopic and toxicology studies and immunization records. Inclusion of an immunization record does not imply cause of death."
This amendment does not change NVIC’s title or position on this bill.
UPDATE: 4/15/2024 - HB 288 is eligible for a House floor vote as of 4/15/2024. View the Engrossed Version HERE.
UPDATE: 4/11/2024 - HB 288 was reported favorably in the House Committee on Judiciary by a vote of 14 Yeas, 0 Nays, on 4/11/2024. View the hearing video archive HERE. Timestamp: [14:55-23:10]
UPDATE: 4/5/2024 - HB 288 is scheduled for a hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary on Thursday, 4/11/2024 at 9:00 AM in House Committee Room 1. Find the Hearing Agenda HERE. View the livestream video details HERE. Continue to contact the House Committee on Judiciary Members until a vote is taken. Sometimes a vote is not taken on the day of the hearing. File statements with the House Committee on Judiciary via e-mail at [email protected].
UPDATE: 3/11/2024 - HB 288 was re-referred to the House Committee on Judiciary on 3/11/2024.
HB 288 was introduced in the House and provisionally referred to the House Committee on Judiciary on 2/28/2024. This bill is sponsored by Representative Beryl Amedee.
HB 288 requires that autopsy reports include vaccine records for all infants under the age of one year who die unexpectedly without explanation. Current law only requires that microscopic and toxicology studies be included in autopsy reports.
HB 288 amends R.S. 13:5713(C)(1)(b), related to the coroner's duties, autopsies, and investigations, to require that immunization records be included in autopsy reports for unexpected, unexplained deaths in infants under the age of 1 year, illustrated as follows:
Subsection (C)(1)(b) "The autopsy shall include microscopic and toxicology studies and immunization records."
NVIC SUPPORTS HB 288 because collecting the vaccination status data for infants who die unexpectedly can give valuable insight into not only the cause of death of the infant, but also into vaccine safety overall. NVIC supports informed consent for all individuals. All vaccines are pharmaceutical products known to carry a risk of injury and even death. Despite this known risk, vaccines are often overlooked during a postmortem medical examination of an infant's death. An analysis of the VAERS database from 1990-2019 shows that of all sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) cases reported post-vaccination, 75% occurred within seven days of vaccination. Another study shows that infant mortality rates regressed against the number of vaccine doses routinely given, suggesting biochemical or synergistic toxicity with routine infant vaccination. This bill would prevent a medical examiner from ignoring vaccines as a cause or contributing factor in a child's death. This information could be lifesaving for future children of parents who had an infant die unexpectedly. This bill could lead to more research into vaccine risks, increase awareness of vaccine risks, and enable parents to make better informed vaccine decisions for their children. This bill would help document serious vaccine adverse events that are underreported and egregiously overlooked. An improvement to this bill would be to require that the data collected on infant deaths and vaccine records be de-identified and published for public viewing. Public disclosure of these data would enable informed consent for parents of infants when making vaccine choices.
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