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UPDATE: 5/31/2024 - HR 292 was enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House on 5/31/2024. For a resolution to be enacted, it is only required to be enrolled in the chamber of origin.
UPDATE: 5/29/2024 - HR 292 passed to the 3rd reading in the House by a suspension of the rules on 5/29/2024.
HR 292 was introduced in the House on 5/29/2024. This resolution is authored by Representative Beryl A. Amedée.
HR 292 requests the Louisiana Department of Health to conduct a study that examines the relationship between unexpected deaths of infants and children, ages two (2) and under, and the administration of vaccinations.
HR 292 urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to conduct a study to examine the relationship between unexpected deaths of infants and children, ages two (2) and under, and the administration of vaccinations. Additionally, this Resolution requires that the study include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the state's vaccination records in the context of sudden unexpected deaths of infants and children, ages two (2) and under, and be submitted in the form of a written report to the House of Representatives of the Legislature by February 1, 2025. This report must include the vaccination records from the 2013 calendar year to present. The report must include the infant or child's age at the time of death, their full vaccination history and the date of the infant or child's last vaccine and its proximity to the infant or child's time of death. The Department of Health is required to collaborate with relevant state and federal agencies and medical and public healthcare experts to ensure that its study is conducted with the highest level of scientific rigor and integrity. The state is required to allocate funding to support the study required in this Resolution and the findings are to be used to inform future policies and practices aimed at reducing the incidence of unexpected deaths of infants and children, ages two (2) and under, in Louisiana.
To support the need for this Resolution, the authors provide some legislative findings which include the following:
- The United States has the highest infant mortality rate amongst developed nations and research shows that Louisiana has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the nation with an estimated two thousand infant deaths over the past decade, many of which were attributed to preterm births and low birth weights;
- A comprehensive understanding of the causes of unexpected infant deaths is essential for developing effective strategies to prevent such tragedies; and
- House Bill No. 288 of the 2024 Regular Session that required coroners to include the vaccination records of infants who have died in their investigations, but the bill failed to pass, highlighting the importance of further research regarding this topic.
NVIC SUPPORTS HR 292 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 that carry risks of injury and even death. Despite these known risks, 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. The report produced as a result of this Resolution may 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 Resolution 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. The benefit of this Resolution would be to help document serious vaccine adverse events that are underreported and egregiously overlooked. Once the study conclusions are reported to the House of Representatives of the Legislature, the Legislature should publicly disclose the results of the study.
https://legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247732 - text, status, and history of HR 292
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