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On December 12, the NJ Senate Economic Growth Committee took testimony on S2702/A743, a bill to allow the sale of unpasteurized milk in New Jersey. NJPHI chair, Dr. Drew Harris, gave testimony in opposition to this legislation, saying that "We may have the right to consume what we want, but no one has the right to sell an unsafe product."
NJ Spotlight covered the issue in a story published on …
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On March 14, the NJ Senate Health, Human Service and Senior Citizens Committee release S2625, a bill that “Clarifies statutory exemptions from mandatory immunizations for students.”
NJPHI chair, Dr. Drew Harris, testified in support of this important legislation and highlighted the significant increase in the number of religious exemptions granted since the NJ Department of Health and Senior S…
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Today, the NJ Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee voted unanimously to release S2659. This bill reconstitutes the Public Health Council in the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services as an autonomous board with the power to issue public health regulations. An Executive Order in 2005 rescinded this authority.
In addtion, the legislation designates that representatives o…
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NJPHI chairman, Drew Harris, co-authored an op-ed with Renee Steinhagen, Executive Director of NJ Appleseed, that appeared in the February 2, 2011 edition of the Star-Ledger. View the online version here
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On January 20, the Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee released Assembly Concurrent Resolution 157, which called upon the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services to amend or withdraw regulations that weakened religious exemption requirements.
Drew Harris
Chairman
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