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[Next Washington]

you could face it.. like the dems face the gop now

If and when that time comes, our senate has a fine tradition what to do in impasses: violence on the senate floor.
Fascist militarists for the win!

"Oh, shut up" - r reagan

[The Nihilistic view]

It's not, actually. There are several glaring loopholes if you use that act that render it useless. First off that its not a properly decleared age of majority.

Well, either 2 amendments need to be drawn up to fix constitution/alcohol, one amendment to SHSA, or a new bill entirely defining it.

New bill to define it personally, usually its done in criminal law as to define at what age/moment an individual may be considered to cease to legally be considered children and assume control over their persons, actions, and decisions, thereby terminating the legal control and legal responsibilities of their parents or guardian over and for them. Therefor they can be treated as an adult in the legal system.

So the single line in the SHSA is totally inadequate. It does not define the age one is an adult only that by 18 they are, this means any age before hand could be considered adulthood legally. Finally the age of majority should not be confused with drinking age, driving age, voting age, age of sexual consent etc. These are what is called age of license, they are to do with the legality of performing a certain activity not at all to do with the classification of a person as an adult in full control of their actions. For example Scotland has age of majority at 16 whilst the rest of the UK is 18, yet drinking laws, driving laws concerning age etc are the same across the whole of the UK.

What the clause in the SHSA is, is an age of license not an age of majority.

[Divitaen]

Well, either 2 amendments need to be drawn up to fix constitution/alcohol, one amendment to SHSA, or a new bill entirely defining it.

New bill to define it personally, usually its done in criminal law as to define at what age/moment an individual may be considered to cease to legally be considered children and assume control over their persons, actions, and decisions, thereby terminating the legal control and legal responsibilities of their parents or guardian over and for them. Therefor they can be treated as an adult in the legal system.

So the single line in the SHSA is totally inadequate. It does not define the age one is an adult only that by 18 they are, this means any age before hand could be considered adulthood legally. Finally the age of majority should not be confused with drinking age, driving age, voting age, age of sexual consent etc. These are what is called age of license, they are to do with the legality of performing a certain activity not at all to do with the classification of a person as an adult in full control of their actions. For example Scotland has age of majority at 16 whilst the rest of the UK is 18, yet drinking laws, driving laws concerning age etc are the same across the whole of the UK.

What the clause in the SHSA is, is an age of license not an age of majority.

Which is why in my bill I clearly define age of majority to mean 18 according to the SHSA so there is no confusion

[The Nihilistic view]

New bill to define it personally, usually its done in criminal law as to define at what age/moment an individual may be considered to cease to legally be considered children and assume control over their persons, actions, and decisions, thereby terminating the legal control and legal responsibilities of their parents or guardian over and for them. Therefor they can be treated as an adult in the legal system.

So the single line in the SHSA is totally inadequate. It does not define the age one is an adult only that by 18 they are, this means any age before hand could be considered adulthood legally. Finally the age of majority should not be confused with drinking age, driving age, voting age, age of sexual consent etc. These are what is called age of license, they are to do with the legality of performing a certain activity not at all to do with the classification of a person as an adult in full control of their actions. For example Scotland has age of majority at 16 whilst the rest of the UK is 18, yet drinking laws, driving laws concerning age etc are the same across the whole of the UK.

What the clause in the SHSA is, is an age of license not an age of majority.

Which is why in my bill I clearly define age of majority to mean 18 according to the SHSA so there is no confusion

No you don't, as I said the SHSA does not define an age of majority, it defines an age of license. Therefor your clause points to something that does not exist.

[Divitaen]

Which is why in my bill I clearly define age of majority to mean 18 according to the SHSA so there is no confusion

No you don't, as I said the SHSA does not define an age of majority, it defines an age of license. Therefor your clause points to something that does not exist.

SHSA says you turn an adult at 18, if I'm not wrong. Even if that's not true, I have added under the bill that for the purpose of the Act, internally, age of majority is defined as 18.

[The Nihilistic view]

No you don't, as I said the SHSA does not define an age of majority, it defines an age of license. Therefor your clause points to something that does not exist.

SHSA says you turn an adult at 18, if I'm not wrong. Even if that's not true, I have added under the bill that for the purpose of the Act, internally, age of majority is defined as 18.

As said in my post at the top of the page it says " At the age of 18, having become adults" This does not state that 18 is an age of majority just that at 18 somebody is an adult, but they could still be an adult at 17. Just that 18 is the age of license for all alcohol beverages. Its not the same as saying "Once one turns 18 one is considered an adult". You see the difference and how the way it is worded is not a positive statement saying 18 is the age of majority just that at 18 one is an adult. It fails to positively mention what that age is.

The best thing to do would be to write a bill the specifies age of majority etc.

[New Zepuha]

No you don't, as I said the SHSA does not define an age of majority, it defines an age of license. Therefor your clause points to something that does not exist.

SHSA says you turn an adult at 18, if I'm not wrong. Even if that's not true, I have added under the bill that for the purpose of the Act, internally, age of majority is defined as 18.

I still hate the bill and view it as a horrendous breach of personal freedom and parental rights.

[Geilinor]

Um, senator, not quite sure I comprehend the emotional response and the phrasal repetition.

And I don't understand why you want to arbitrarily force your stance on vaccinations upon our people. I want to be clear that I do not oppose vaccinations, but I also do not want to force people to get vaccinated if they do not want to.

The bill mandates them for children 0-12, who are not capable of deciding that. Also, the concept of parental rights has reasonable limits. I don't believe in a parent's right to deny their children essential treatment because of religious reasons or "modern medicine is evil!". The well-being of their child comes first. An adult is free to do something that has been proven harmful to themselves. Not to someone else.

[Oneracon]

SHSA says you turn an adult at 18, if I'm not wrong. Even if that's not true, I have added under the bill that for the purpose of the Act, internally, age of majority is defined as 18.

I still hate the bill and view it as a horrendous breach of personal freedom and parental rights.

Well I think you need to accept that sometimes parents make decisions that result in harm to their child, in that case it is justifiable to make a temporary and minor limitation on their parental rights.

[The Nihilistic view]

I still hate the bill and view it as a horrendous breach of personal freedom and parental rights.

Well I think you need to accept that sometimes parents make decisions that result in harm to their child, in that case it is justifiable to make a temporary and minor limitation on their parental rights.

Very authoritarian for a red green.

[Divitaen]

SHSA says you turn an adult at 18, if I'm not wrong. Even if that's not true, I have added under the bill that for the purpose of the Act, internally, age of majority is defined as 18.

As said in my post at the top of the page it says " At the age of 18, having become adults" This does not state that 18 is an age of majority just that at 18 somebody is an adult, but they could still be an adult at 17. Just that 18 is the age of license for all alcohol beverages. Its not the same as saying "Once one turns 18 one is considered an adult". You see the difference and how the way it is worded is not a positive statement saying 18 is the age of majority just that at 18 one is an adult. It fails to positively mention what that age is.

The best thing to do would be to write a bill the specifies age of majority etc.

I just checked the Child Labour Restriction Act. It says even more clearly that a minor is defined as someone below the age of 18, so I think I'll use that. Please double-check for me in case you're concerned about the legality of the bill.

[Oneracon]

Well I think you need to accept that sometimes parents make decisions that result in harm to their child, in that case it is justifiable to make a temporary and minor limitation on their parental rights.

Very authoritarian for a red green.

That is beside the point. What we should be focusing on is that the rights and well-being of the child trump "parental rights".

If a child needs blood transfusions to save their life and the parents object for religious reasons, then that child should temporarily be made a ward of the state so that they can receive necessary treatment.

[Ainin]

"In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration. "
-Article 3, Section 1, Convention on the Rights of the Child

[New Zepuha]

Very authoritarian for a red green.

That is beside the point. What we should be focusing on is that the rights and well-being of the child trump "parental rights".

If a child needs blood transfusions to save their life and the parents object for religious reasons, then that child should temporarily be made a ward of the state so that they can receive necessary treatment.

I certainly can't understand taking a child from a family, presumably by force, and making them a ward of the state. Disgusting.

[Oneracon]

That is beside the point. What we should be focusing on is that the rights and well-being of the child trump "parental rights".

If a child needs blood transfusions to save their life and the parents object for religious reasons, then that child should temporarily be made a ward of the state so that they can receive necessary treatment.

I certainly can't understand taking a child from a family, presumably by force, and making them a ward of the state. Disgusting.

You presume quite a bit, Senator. I will presume this is due to a misunderstanding on both our parts.

If the child is already under the care of a physician for urgent medical treatment (that a parent rejects for some reason or another), the temporary transfer of guardianship to the state for a period of mere days is a matter of paperwork.

However, if you would prefer the child die rather than receive life-saving medical treatment, then we will have a disagreement...

[The Nihilistic view]

As said in my post at the top of the page it says " At the age of 18, having become adults" This does not state that 18 is an age of majority just that at 18 somebody is an adult, but they could still be an adult at 17. Just that 18 is the age of license for all alcohol beverages. Its not the same as saying "Once one turns 18 one is considered an adult". You see the difference and how the way it is worded is not a positive statement saying 18 is the age of majority just that at 18 one is an adult. It fails to positively mention what that age is.

The best thing to do would be to write a bill the specifies age of majority etc.

I just checked the Child Labour Restriction Act. It says even more clearly that a minor is defined as someone below the age of 18, so I think I'll use that. Please double-check for me in case you're concerned about the legality of the bill.

Unfortunately its still not defined. This is because as before its not a positive affirmation of 18 being the age of majority. You see the term minor is used whenever a person is underage for a particular law. For example in the US age of majority is 18 but in for example drinking laws they are still a minor until 21. So what that law seems to say is that in regards to employment contracts a minor is somebody not yet turned 18, but as shown with other laws we have individuals would stop being minors at a different age. We have no sexual minors yet from what I can find, and some Drugs categories up to 21.

We need a proper law written if you wish to use such a thing in your bill, If you wish your bill to be loophole free. I agree (with the right safeguards and precautions) mandatory vaccinations, what I don't want though is a law passed unfit for purpose. Passing laws that cannot be enforced is the worst thing a state can do, people lose all respect and confidence in it.

[Divitaen]

I just checked the Child Labour Restriction Act. It says even more clearly that a minor is defined as someone below the age of 18, so I think I'll use that. Please double-check for me in case you're concerned about the legality of the bill.

Unfortunately its still not defined. This is because as before its not a positive affirmation of 18 being the age of majority. You see the term minor is used whenever a person is underage for a particular law. For example in the US age of majority is 18 but in for example drinking laws they are still a minor until 21. So what that law seems to say is that in regards to employment contracts a minor is somebody not yet turned 18, but as shown with other laws we have individuals would stop being minors at a different age. We have no sexual minors yet from what I can find, and some Drugs categories up to 21.

We need a proper law written if you wish to use such a thing in your bill, If you wish your bill to be loophole free. I agree (with the right safeguards and precautions) mandatory vaccinations, what I don't want though is a law passed unfit for purpose. Passing laws that cannot be enforced is the worst thing a state can do, people lose all respect and confidence in it.

Ok, fine, even though I think the writers of CLRA and SHSA probably meant for 18 to be the age of majority, so I'll create a separate section of my bill affirming very clearly that the age of majority to consent to important medical procedures is officially 18 years of age. Hopefully that will be enough.

[The Nihilistic view]

This talk does lead me to one terrible clause in the bill the bit in red.

Article 2 - Bodily Sovereignty Act
[*]The Bodily Sovereignty Act hereby is amended as follows:

1. For the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", the term "individual" shall be replaced with "an adult older or the same age as the Aurentine age of majority";
2. Adds the sentence "Clarifies that children under the age of majority in Aurentina may still be required by law to participate in certain medical procedures, if relevant legislation is passed in the Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and no Aurentine adult is allowed to prohibit a child or ward under his or her care to participate in a legally-mandatory medical procedure." to the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment";
3. Adds a sub-clause after the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", which consists of the sentence "Clarifies further than an Aurentine citizen above the legal age of majority may still be forced to undertake medical treatment, but only if a law passed by the Aurentine senate allows for it and the medical procedure in question can be proven to be scientifically beneficial to the health, welfare and survival of the citizen in question";

This means that an adult does not have control over their treatment for a non contagious disease/illness. For a fully functioning adult who has all the facts in front of them not to be able to chose their treatment from a group of options or to chose not to have any treatment at all (cancer for example) is wrong on so many levels. To for example to force an individual through the pain of chemo when they are terminal and want to die in peace is disgusting. The patient needs to be taken care of and have their wishes respected not force fed medicine because some Dr thinks they will live a few weeks longer. It is far too vague and leaves the door open for politicians to decide what treatment of an illness is best.

EDIT: The original bill already allows for the suspension of bodily sovereignty when dealing with highly contagious life threatening illnesses.

[Divitaen]

This talk does lead me to one terrible clause in the bill the bit in red.

Article 2 - Bodily Sovereignty Act
[*]The Bodily Sovereignty Act hereby is amended as follows:

1. For the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", the term "individual" shall be replaced with "an adult older or the same age as the Aurentine age of majority";
2. Adds the sentence "Clarifies that children under the age of majority in Aurentina may still be required by law to participate in certain medical procedures, if relevant legislation is passed in the Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and no Aurentine adult is allowed to prohibit a child or ward under his or her care to participate in a legally-mandatory medical procedure." to the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment";
3. Adds a sub-clause after the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", which consists of the sentence "Clarifies further than an Aurentine citizen above the legal age of majority may still be forced to undertake medical treatment, but only if a law passed by the Aurentine senate allows for it and the medical procedure in question can be proven to be scientifically beneficial to the health, welfare and survival of the citizen in question";

This means that an adult does not have control over their treatment for a non contagious disease/illness. For a fully functioning adult who has all the facts in front of them not to be able to chose their treatment from a group of options or to chose not to have any treatment at all (cancer for example) is wrong on so many levels. To for example to force an individual through the pain of chemo when they are terminal and want to die in peace is disgusting. The patient needs to be taken care of and have their wishes respected not force fed medicine because some Dr thinks they will live a few weeks longer. It is far too vague and leaves the door open for politicians to decide what treatment of an illness is best.

EDIT: The original bill already allows for the suspension of bodily sovereignty when dealing with highly contagious life threatening illnesses.

That was actually a sub-clause I was struggling with for a while. I didn't want to force adults to do anything, but I didn't want to discount the option, if the Senate ever wanted to pass something like that in the future. In general though, I'm against forcing people to take chemo. or anything, and since the bill pertains to mainly 0-12 year-olds, I guess I'll remove it from the bill. The reason I added it was actually in case I couldn't find a solid age of majority to work from, in which case making provisions for both adults and children would cover it. Now that I'm legally defining it as 18 in the bill, I won't need that section anymore, so I'll remove it.

[Divitaen]

Ok, probably the finalized version of the bill. Removed the part Senator Johnson mentioned, and have a separate section and article to define the age of majority to consent to important medical procedures to be 18.

Compulsory Vaccinations Act

An Act to amend the Bodily Sovereignty Act and institute mandatory vaccinations for deadly and infectious diseases to promote the health of Aurentine children

Urgency: High | Co-Authors: Divitaen [CMP]; Geilinor [NDP] | Category: Health

Sponsors: Ainin [NDP]; NEO Rome Republic [NDP]; Byzantium Imperial [IP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing the importance of vaccinations, especially for young children, to decrease the vulnerability of Aurentine citizens to infectious and deadly diseases,

Understanding that a continued proliferation of such infectious and deadly diseases would not only harm the welfare of Aurentine citizens, but place an unnecessary strain and burden upon the Aurentine healthcare system,

Desiring an immediate solution that will require Aurentine citizens to improve their biological immunity to such infectious diseases,

Hereby enacts the following bill:

Article 1 - Medical age of majority

1. The age of majority, when an Aurentine citizen may be granted the ability to make important decisions to undergo medical procedures such as fundamental surgeries and vaccinations, is set to 18 years of age,
   
   Article 2 - Definitions
2. For the purposes of this Act, "vaccine" refers to a medical innovation prepared from a causative agent of a disease or a synthetic substitute of the pathogen that is injected into a human body for the primary purpose of stimulating the body's immune system to prepare against a possible infection by a similar pathogen in the future,
3. For the purposes of this Act, "infectious and deadly disease" refers to a a medical illness caused by a proliferation of a harmful biological pathogen that is easily transmissible to other humans, has a high mortality rate amongst infected individuals and has an existing vaccination that has been tested and proven to increase biological immunity against infection by such a disease,
4. For the purposes of this Act, "children" refers to Aurentine citizens between the ages of 0-12 years, as this is the age when children are the most vulnerable to infectious and deadly diseases,
5. For the purposes of this Act, "age of majority" refers to the age at which Aurentine citizens become of physical and mental maturity, granting them legal autonomy and power of decision-making in life, which under the Sale of Harmful Substances Act and Child Labour Restriction Act has been specified as 18 years of age, although this may change depending on future relevant legislation passed by the Aurentine Senate,
   
   Article 3 - Bodily Sovereignty Act
6. The Bodily Sovereignty Act hereby is amended as follows:
   1. For the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", the term "individual" shall be replaced with "an adult older or the same age as the Aurentine age of majority";
   2. Adds the sentence "Clarifies that children under the age of majority in Aurentina may still be required by law to participate in certain medical procedures, if relevant legislation is passed in the Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and no Aurentine adult is allowed to prohibit a child or ward under his or her care to participate in a legally-mandatory medical procedure." to the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment";
   
   Article 4 - Infectious and Deadly Diseases
7. The National Health Board (NHB) Regional Authorities shall have the responsibility of compiling a Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, which falls under the relevant responsibility of "regulation of all healthcare professionals" under the Universal Healthcare Act, with a list of medical illnesses which fall under the following criteria:
   1. The disease is easily transmissible and communicable in nature;
   2. The disease causes infected individuals to suffer from a severely-high mortality rate, enough to cause significant disruption to the Aurentine healthcare services;
   3. The disease in question falls under the World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Infectious Diseases, unless it is determined to be a disease that is infectious only within the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth compared to that in the international community;
   4. The disease has an available vaccine that is able to increase an individual's biological immunity to it;
8. The NHB Regional Authorities are required to list the following diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases:
   1. Tuberculosis;
   2. Hepatitis B;
   3. Pneumococcal;
   4. Diphtheria;
   5. Pertussis;
   6. Tetanus;
   7. Poliovirus;
   8. Haemophilus influenzae type b;
   9. Measles;
   10. Mumps;
   11. Rubella;
   12. Human papillomavirus;
   13. Influenza;
9. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the drafting of a recommended timetable, available for public viewing, for children of ages 0-12 years to be immunized or vaccinated against diseases listed in the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, to guide parents who wish to follow governmental guidelines for vaccination;
   
   Article 5 - Mandatory Vaccinations
10. All children of ages 0-12 years, who are registered, Aurentine citizens, must receive the relevant vaccinations and immunizations against the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, by the time the child reaches 12 years of age;
11. Clarifies that all relevant vaccinations are free-of-charge and completely paid for under the Universal Healthcare Act;
12. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the following duties:
    1. Annually cross-referencing all children, between the ages of 0-12 years, who have received vaccinations under the Aurentine healthcare system, with the list of citizens who turn 12 years of age in that year;
    2. Ascertaining, from the aforementioned cross-referencing, the list of citizens who have not been immunized and vaccinated from the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases;
    3. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers, relevant Medical Care Trusts and the Office of Medical Care and Ambulance Service Regulation (Ofmed) to compile the relevant information listed in the previous sub-clauses of this clause of this Act;
    4. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers to ensure that relevant safety and hygiene standards are met in the administration of vaccinations, such as not reusing disposable needles on different patients, distributing relevant information about the vaccination timetable compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 3 of this Act, and ensuring that doctors and relevant medical professionals do not administer overdoses to unnecessarily endanger the lives of patients, to be regulated via subnational authorities such as the Medical Care Trusts;
    
    Article 6 - Punishments for non-compliance
13. All parents with children of 12 years of age that have not been immunized or vaccinated from the relevant diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases are considered to be in non-compliance with this Act, and will be punished with the following a monthly fine of £80.
14. Clarifies that the aforementioned punishments will persist when the unvaccinated child reaches 12 years of age until the child has been vaccinated for the relevant diseases or when the child reaches the age of majority, whichever comes first,
15. Clarifies that in a case of couple that has endured a custody dispute of a child when he or she was between 0-12 years of age, the parent(s) that had legal custody of the child for the majority of his or her life when he or she was between 0-12 years of age will be held legally liable for non-compliance under this Act, and the parent who coincidentally had custody of the child when he or she turned 12 years of age will not be held in non-compliance alone,
16. The punishment of parents in non-compliance of this Act shall be enforced via the list of unvaccinated children compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 4 of this Act, and the NHB Regional Authorities shall be responsible for coordinating, with relevant medical bodies and judicial agencies to collect the monthly fine required from such parents under this article until the unvaccinated child reaches the age of majority or is vaccinated for the required diseases, whichever comes first,
17. States that an Aurentine citizen who has not been properly vaccinated for diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases even when he or she has officially reached the legal age of majority, he or she has the discretion to voluntarily opt for a vaccination outside of parental guidance and authority and is strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against the diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases that he or she has not been formally vaccinated against in the past,
18. In order to guard against retrospective justice and punishment, if a disease is added onto the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases when or after an Aurentine child reaches 11 years of age, the parents of that Aurentine child may be exempt from having the child vaccinated against the disease, although the parents are still strongly encouraged to have the child vaccinated against the newly-listed disease, and presentation of relevant documentation, such as the child's birth certificate, to relevant NHB Regional Authorities, shall exempt the child from having to be vaccinated from the relevant disease, although the child is still required to be vaccinated against diseases added before the child turned 11 years of age,
    
    Article 7 - Exemptions
19. Parents with children of ages 0-12 years, or with children from ages 12 to the Aurentine age of majority that have not been vaccinated from diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, may apply for exemption from relevant NHB Regional Authorities, and the NHB Regional Authorities will allow the exemption only if the child has a severe and life-threatening allergic reaction to components of the vaccine, or any similar life-threatening condition that would render the child's survival at high risk after being vaccinated, such as an autoimmune disease,
20. Clarifies that the exemption can only be accepted if the child is properly diagnosed by a licensed doctor, and the diagnosis must be verified by the NHB Regional Authorities, and the exemption will only apply to the specific vaccine that the child is allergic to, meaning that the parent is still required by law to have the child vaccinated for other diseases where the child is not allergic to the respective vaccine or face the legal penalties under Article 5,
21. The NHB Regional Authorities have the responsibility of ensuring that parents who have received exemptions are not unduly punished under Article 5 and fined for not vaccinating a child for a disease listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases for a vaccine that the child has been exempted from.

[The Nihilistic view]

Ok, probably the finalized version of the bill. Removed the part Senator Johnson mentioned, and have a separate section and article to define the age of majority to consent to important medical procedures to be 18.

Compulsory Vaccinations Act

An Act to amend the Bodily Sovereignty Act and institute mandatory vaccinations for deadly and infectious diseases to promote the health of Aurentine children

Urgency: High | Co-Authors: Divitaen [CMP]; Geilinor [NDP] | Category: Health

Sponsors: Ainin [NDP]; NEO Rome Republic [NDP]; Byzantium Imperial [IP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing the importance of vaccinations, especially for young children, to decrease the vulnerability of Aurentine citizens to infectious and deadly diseases,

Understanding that a continued proliferation of such infectious and deadly diseases would not only harm the welfare of Aurentine citizens, but place an unnecessary strain and burden upon the Aurentine healthcare system,

Desiring an immediate solution that will require Aurentine citizens to improve their biological immunity to such infectious diseases,

Hereby enacts the following bill:

Article 1 - Medical age of majority
[*]The age of majority, when an Aurentine citizen may be granted the ability to make important decisions to undergo medical procedures such as fundamental surgeries and vaccinations, is set to 18 years of age,

Article 2 - Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Act, "vaccine" refers to a medical innovation prepared from a causative agent of a disease or a synthetic substitute of the pathogen that is injected into a human body for the primary purpose of stimulating the body's immune system to prepare against a possible infection by a similar pathogen in the future,
2. For the purposes of this Act, "infectious and deadly disease" refers to a a medical illness caused by a proliferation of a harmful biological pathogen that is easily transmissible to other humans, has a high mortality rate amongst infected individuals and has an existing vaccination that has been tested and proven to increase biological immunity against infection by such a disease,
3. For the purposes of this Act, "children" refers to Aurentine citizens between the ages of 0-12 years, as this is the age when children are the most vulnerable to infectious and deadly diseases,
4. For the purposes of this Act, "age of majority" refers to the age at which Aurentine citizens become of physical and mental maturity, granting them legal autonomy and power of decision-making in life, which under the Sale of Harmful Substances Act and Child Labour Restriction Act has been specified as 18 years of age, although this may change depending on future relevant legislation passed by the Aurentine Senate,
   
   Article 3 - Bodily Sovereignty Act
5. The Bodily Sovereignty Act hereby is amended as follows:
   1. For the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", the term "individual" shall be replaced with "an adult older or the same age as the Aurentine age of majority";
   2. Adds the sentence "Clarifies that children under the age of majority in Aurentina may still be required by law to participate in certain medical procedures, if relevant legislation is passed in the Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and no Aurentine adult is allowed to prohibit a child or ward under his or her care to participate in a legally-mandatory medical procedure." to the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment";
   
   Article 4 - Infectious and Deadly Diseases
6. The National Health Board (NHB) Regional Authorities shall have the responsibility of compiling a Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, which falls under the relevant responsibility of "regulation of all healthcare professionals" under the Universal Healthcare Act, with a list of medical illnesses which fall under the following criteria:
   1. The disease is easily transmissible and communicable in nature;
   2. The disease causes infected individuals to suffer from a severely-high mortality rate, enough to cause significant disruption to the Aurentine healthcare services;
   3. The disease in question falls under the World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Infectious Diseases, unless it is determined to be a disease that is infectious only within the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth compared to that in the international community;
   4. The disease has an available vaccine that is able to increase an individual's biological immunity to it;
7. The NHB Regional Authorities are required to list the following diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases:
   1. Tuberculosis;
   2. Hepatitis B;
   3. Pneumococcal;
   4. Diphtheria;
   5. Pertussis;
   6. Tetanus;
   7. Poliovirus;
   8. Haemophilus influenzae type b;
   9. Measles;
   10. Mumps;
   11. Rubella;
   12. Human papillomavirus;
   13. Influenza;
8. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the drafting of a recommended timetable, available for public viewing, for children of ages 0-12 years to be immunized or vaccinated against diseases listed in the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, to guide parents who wish to follow governmental guidelines for vaccination;
   
   Article 5 - Mandatory Vaccinations
9. All children of ages 0-12 years, who are registered, Aurentine citizens, must receive the relevant vaccinations and immunizations against the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, by the time the child reaches 12 years of age;
10. Clarifies that all relevant vaccinations are free-of-charge and completely paid for under the Universal Healthcare Act;
11. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the following duties:
    1. Annually cross-referencing all children, between the ages of 0-12 years, who have received vaccinations under the Aurentine healthcare system, with the list of citizens who turn 12 years of age in that year;
    2. Ascertaining, from the aforementioned cross-referencing, the list of citizens who have not been immunized and vaccinated from the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases;
    3. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers, relevant Medical Care Trusts and the Office of Medical Care and Ambulance Service Regulation (Ofmed) to compile the relevant information listed in the previous sub-clauses of this clause of this Act;
    4. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers to ensure that relevant safety and hygiene standards are met in the administration of vaccinations, such as not reusing disposable needles on different patients, distributing relevant information about the vaccination timetable compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 3 of this Act, and ensuring that doctors and relevant medical professionals do not administer overdoses to unnecessarily endanger the lives of patients, to be regulated via subnational authorities such as the Medical Care Trusts;
    
    Article 6 - Punishments for non-compliance
12. All parents with children of 12 years of age that have not been immunized or vaccinated from the relevant diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases are considered to be in non-compliance with this Act, and will be punished with the following a monthly fine of £80.
13. Clarifies that the aforementioned punishments will persist when the unvaccinated child reaches 12 years of age until the child has been vaccinated for the relevant diseases or when the child reaches the age of majority, whichever comes first,
14. Clarifies that in a case of couple that has endured a custody dispute of a child when he or she was between 0-12 years of age, the parent(s) that had legal custody of the child for the majority of his or her life when he or she was between 0-12 years of age will be held legally liable for non-compliance under this Act, and the parent who coincidentally had custody of the child when he or she turned 12 years of age will not be held in non-compliance alone,
15. The punishment of parents in non-compliance of this Act shall be enforced via the list of unvaccinated children compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 4 of this Act, and the NHB Regional Authorities shall be responsible for coordinating, with relevant medical bodies and judicial agencies to collect the monthly fine required from such parents under this article until the unvaccinated child reaches the age of majority or is vaccinated for the required diseases, whichever comes first,
16. States that an Aurentine citizen who has not been properly vaccinated for diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases even when he or she has officially reached the legal age of majority, he or she has the discretion to voluntarily opt for a vaccination outside of parental guidance and authority and is strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against the diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases that he or she has not been formally vaccinated against in the past,
    
    Article 7 - Exemptions
17. Parents with children of ages 0-12 years, or with children from ages 12 to the Aurentine age of majority that have not been vaccinated from diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, may apply for exemption from relevant NHB Regional Authorities, and the NHB Regional Authorities will allow the exemption only if the child has a severe and life-threatening allergic reaction to components of the vaccine, or any similar life-threatening condition that would render the child's survival at high risk after being vaccinated, such as an autoimmune disease,
18. Clarifies that the exemption can only be accepted if the child is properly diagnosed by a licensed doctor, and the diagnosis must be verified by the NHB Regional Authorities, and the exemption will only apply to the specific vaccine that the child is allergic to, meaning that the parent is still required by law to have the child vaccinated for other diseases where the child is not allergic to the respective vaccine or face the legal penalties under Article 5,
19. The NHB Regional Authorities have the responsibility of ensuring that parents who have received exemptions are not unduly punished under Article 5 and fined for not vaccinating a child for a disease listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases for a vaccine that the child has been exempted from.

I will probably vote for this now.

[Divitaen]

Ok, probably the finalized version of the bill. Removed the part Senator Johnson mentioned, and have a separate section and article to define the age of majority to consent to important medical procedures to be 18.

Compulsory Vaccinations Act

An Act to amend the Bodily Sovereignty Act and institute mandatory vaccinations for deadly and infectious diseases to promote the health of Aurentine children

Urgency: High | Co-Authors: Divitaen [CMP]; Geilinor [NDP] | Category: Health

Sponsors: Ainin [NDP]; NEO Rome Republic [NDP]; Byzantium Imperial [IP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing the importance of vaccinations, especially for young children, to decrease the vulnerability of Aurentine citizens to infectious and deadly diseases,

Understanding that a continued proliferation of such infectious and deadly diseases would not only harm the welfare of Aurentine citizens, but place an unnecessary strain and burden upon the Aurentine healthcare system,

Desiring an immediate solution that will require Aurentine citizens to improve their biological immunity to such infectious diseases,

Hereby enacts the following bill:

Article 1 - Medical age of majority
[*]The age of majority, when an Aurentine citizen may be granted the ability to make important decisions to undergo medical procedures such as fundamental surgeries and vaccinations, is set to 18 years of age,

Article 2 - Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Act, "vaccine" refers to a medical innovation prepared from a causative agent of a disease or a synthetic substitute of the pathogen that is injected into a human body for the primary purpose of stimulating the body's immune system to prepare against a possible infection by a similar pathogen in the future,
2. For the purposes of this Act, "infectious and deadly disease" refers to a a medical illness caused by a proliferation of a harmful biological pathogen that is easily transmissible to other humans, has a high mortality rate amongst infected individuals and has an existing vaccination that has been tested and proven to increase biological immunity against infection by such a disease,
3. For the purposes of this Act, "children" refers to Aurentine citizens between the ages of 0-12 years, as this is the age when children are the most vulnerable to infectious and deadly diseases,
4. For the purposes of this Act, "age of majority" refers to the age at which Aurentine citizens become of physical and mental maturity, granting them legal autonomy and power of decision-making in life, which under the Sale of Harmful Substances Act and Child Labour Restriction Act has been specified as 18 years of age, although this may change depending on future relevant legislation passed by the Aurentine Senate,
   
   Article 3 - Bodily Sovereignty Act
5. The Bodily Sovereignty Act hereby is amended as follows:
   1. For the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", the term "individual" shall be replaced with "an adult older or the same age as the Aurentine age of majority";
   2. Adds the sentence "Clarifies that children under the age of majority in Aurentina may still be required by law to participate in certain medical procedures, if relevant legislation is passed in the Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and no Aurentine adult is allowed to prohibit a child or ward under his or her care to participate in a legally-mandatory medical procedure." to the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment";
   
   Article 4 - Infectious and Deadly Diseases
6. The National Health Board (NHB) Regional Authorities shall have the responsibility of compiling a Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, which falls under the relevant responsibility of "regulation of all healthcare professionals" under the Universal Healthcare Act, with a list of medical illnesses which fall under the following criteria:
   1. The disease is easily transmissible and communicable in nature;
   2. The disease causes infected individuals to suffer from a severely-high mortality rate, enough to cause significant disruption to the Aurentine healthcare services;
   3. The disease in question falls under the World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Infectious Diseases, unless it is determined to be a disease that is infectious only within the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth compared to that in the international community;
   4. The disease has an available vaccine that is able to increase an individual's biological immunity to it;
7. The NHB Regional Authorities are required to list the following diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases:
   1. Tuberculosis;
   2. Hepatitis B;
   3. Pneumococcal;
   4. Diphtheria;
   5. Pertussis;
   6. Tetanus;
   7. Poliovirus;
   8. Haemophilus influenzae type b;
   9. Measles;
   10. Mumps;
   11. Rubella;
   12. Human papillomavirus;
   13. Influenza;
8. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the drafting of a recommended timetable, available for public viewing, for children of ages 0-12 years to be immunized or vaccinated against diseases listed in the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, to guide parents who wish to follow governmental guidelines for vaccination;
   
   Article 5 - Mandatory Vaccinations
9. All children of ages 0-12 years, who are registered, Aurentine citizens, must receive the relevant vaccinations and immunizations against the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, by the time the child reaches 12 years of age;
10. Clarifies that all relevant vaccinations are free-of-charge and completely paid for under the Universal Healthcare Act;
11. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the following duties:
    1. Annually cross-referencing all children, between the ages of 0-12 years, who have received vaccinations under the Aurentine healthcare system, with the list of citizens who turn 12 years of age in that year;
    2. Ascertaining, from the aforementioned cross-referencing, the list of citizens who have not been immunized and vaccinated from the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases;
    3. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers, relevant Medical Care Trusts and the Office of Medical Care and Ambulance Service Regulation (Ofmed) to compile the relevant information listed in the previous sub-clauses of this clause of this Act;
    4. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers to ensure that relevant safety and hygiene standards are met in the administration of vaccinations, such as not reusing disposable needles on different patients, distributing relevant information about the vaccination timetable compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 3 of this Act, and ensuring that doctors and relevant medical professionals do not administer overdoses to unnecessarily endanger the lives of patients, to be regulated via subnational authorities such as the Medical Care Trusts;
    
    Article 6 - Punishments for non-compliance
12. All parents with children of 12 years of age that have not been immunized or vaccinated from the relevant diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases are considered to be in non-compliance with this Act, and will be punished with the following a monthly fine of £80.
13. Clarifies that the aforementioned punishments will persist when the unvaccinated child reaches 12 years of age until the child has been vaccinated for the relevant diseases or when the child reaches the age of majority, whichever comes first,
14. Clarifies that in a case of couple that has endured a custody dispute of a child when he or she was between 0-12 years of age, the parent(s) that had legal custody of the child for the majority of his or her life when he or she was between 0-12 years of age will be held legally liable for non-compliance under this Act, and the parent who coincidentally had custody of the child when he or she turned 12 years of age will not be held in non-compliance alone,
15. The punishment of parents in non-compliance of this Act shall be enforced via the list of unvaccinated children compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 4 of this Act, and the NHB Regional Authorities shall be responsible for coordinating, with relevant medical bodies and judicial agencies to collect the monthly fine required from such parents under this article until the unvaccinated child reaches the age of majority or is vaccinated for the required diseases, whichever comes first,
16. States that an Aurentine citizen who has not been properly vaccinated for diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases even when he or she has officially reached the legal age of majority, he or she has the discretion to voluntarily opt for a vaccination outside of parental guidance and authority and is strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against the diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases that he or she has not been formally vaccinated against in the past,
    
    Article 7 - Exemptions
17. Parents with children of ages 0-12 years, or with children from ages 12 to the Aurentine age of majority that have not been vaccinated from diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, may apply for exemption from relevant NHB Regional Authorities, and the NHB Regional Authorities will allow the exemption only if the child has a severe and life-threatening allergic reaction to components of the vaccine, or any similar life-threatening condition that would render the child's survival at high risk after being vaccinated, such as an autoimmune disease,
18. Clarifies that the exemption can only be accepted if the child is properly diagnosed by a licensed doctor, and the diagnosis must be verified by the NHB Regional Authorities, and the exemption will only apply to the specific vaccine that the child is allergic to, meaning that the parent is still required by law to have the child vaccinated for other diseases where the child is not allergic to the respective vaccine or face the legal penalties under Article 5,
19. The NHB Regional Authorities have the responsibility of ensuring that parents who have received exemptions are not unduly punished under Article 5 and fined for not vaccinating a child for a disease listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases for a vaccine that the child has been exempted from.

I will probably vote for this now.

Alright, and much thanks for helping me close all the legal loopholes. You really helped me revise it.

[The Union of the West]

Ok, probably the finalized version of the bill. Removed the part Senator Johnson mentioned, and have a separate section and article to define the age of majority to consent to important medical procedures to be 18.

Compulsory Vaccinations Act

An Act to amend the Bodily Sovereignty Act and institute mandatory vaccinations for deadly and infectious diseases to promote the health of Aurentine children

Urgency: High | Co-Authors: Divitaen [CMP]; Geilinor [NDP] | Category: Health

Sponsors: Ainin [NDP]; NEO Rome Republic [NDP]; Byzantium Imperial [IP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing the importance of vaccinations, especially for young children, to decrease the vulnerability of Aurentine citizens to infectious and deadly diseases,

Understanding that a continued proliferation of such infectious and deadly diseases would not only harm the welfare of Aurentine citizens, but place an unnecessary strain and burden upon the Aurentine healthcare system,

Desiring an immediate solution that will require Aurentine citizens to improve their biological immunity to such infectious diseases,

Hereby enacts the following bill:

Article 1 - Medical age of majority

1. The age of majority, when an Aurentine citizen may be granted the ability to make important decisions to undergo medical procedures such as fundamental surgeries and vaccinations, is set to 18 years of age,
   
   Article 2 - Definitions
2. For the purposes of this Act, "vaccine" refers to a medical innovation prepared from a causative agent of a disease or a synthetic substitute of the pathogen that is injected into a human body for the primary purpose of stimulating the body's immune system to prepare against a possible infection by a similar pathogen in the future,
3. For the purposes of this Act, "infectious and deadly disease" refers to a a medical illness caused by a proliferation of a harmful biological pathogen that is easily transmissible to other humans, has a high mortality rate amongst infected individuals and has an existing vaccination that has been tested and proven to increase biological immunity against infection by such a disease,
4. For the purposes of this Act, "children" refers to Aurentine citizens between the ages of 0-12 years, as this is the age when children are the most vulnerable to infectious and deadly diseases,
5. For the purposes of this Act, "age of majority" refers to the age at which Aurentine citizens become of physical and mental maturity, granting them legal autonomy and power of decision-making in life, which under the Sale of Harmful Substances Act and Child Labour Restriction Act has been specified as 18 years of age, although this may change depending on future relevant legislation passed by the Aurentine Senate,
   
   Article 3 - Bodily Sovereignty Act
6. The Bodily Sovereignty Act hereby is amended as follows:
   1. For the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", the term "individual" shall be replaced with "an adult older or the same age as the Aurentine age of majority";
   2. Adds the sentence "Clarifies that children under the age of majority in Aurentina may still be required by law to participate in certain medical procedures, if relevant legislation is passed in the Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and no Aurentine adult is allowed to prohibit a child or ward under his or her care to participate in a legally-mandatory medical procedure." to the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment";
   
   Article 4 - Infectious and Deadly Diseases
7. The National Health Board (NHB) Regional Authorities shall have the responsibility of compiling a Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, which falls under the relevant responsibility of "regulation of all healthcare professionals" under the Universal Healthcare Act, with a list of medical illnesses which fall under the following criteria:
   1. The disease is easily transmissible and communicable in nature;
   2. The disease causes infected individuals to suffer from a severely-high mortality rate, enough to cause significant disruption to the Aurentine healthcare services;
   3. The disease in question falls under the World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Infectious Diseases, unless it is determined to be a disease that is infectious only within the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth compared to that in the international community;
   4. The disease has an available vaccine that is able to increase an individual's biological immunity to it;
8. The NHB Regional Authorities are required to list the following diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases:
   1. Tuberculosis;
   2. Hepatitis B;
   3. Pneumococcal;
   4. Diphtheria;
   5. Pertussis;
   6. Tetanus;
   7. Poliovirus;
   8. Haemophilus influenzae type b;
   9. Measles;
   10. Mumps;
   11. Rubella;
   12. Human papillomavirus;
   13. Influenza;
9. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the drafting of a recommended timetable, available for public viewing, for children of ages 0-12 years to be immunized or vaccinated against diseases listed in the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, to guide parents who wish to follow governmental guidelines for vaccination;
   
   Article 5 - Mandatory Vaccinations
10. All children of ages 0-12 years, who are registered, Aurentine citizens, must receive the relevant vaccinations and immunizations against the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, by the time the child reaches 12 years of age;
11. Clarifies that all relevant vaccinations are free-of-charge and completely paid for under the Universal Healthcare Act;
12. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the following duties:
    1. Annually cross-referencing all children, between the ages of 0-12 years, who have received vaccinations under the Aurentine healthcare system, with the list of citizens who turn 12 years of age in that year;
    2. Ascertaining, from the aforementioned cross-referencing, the list of citizens who have not been immunized and vaccinated from the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases;
    3. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers, relevant Medical Care Trusts and the Office of Medical Care and Ambulance Service Regulation (Ofmed) to compile the relevant information listed in the previous sub-clauses of this clause of this Act;
    4. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers to ensure that relevant safety and hygiene standards are met in the administration of vaccinations, such as not reusing disposable needles on different patients, distributing relevant information about the vaccination timetable compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 3 of this Act, and ensuring that doctors and relevant medical professionals do not administer overdoses to unnecessarily endanger the lives of patients, to be regulated via subnational authorities such as the Medical Care Trusts;
    
    Article 6 - Punishments for non-compliance
13. All parents with children of 12 years of age that have not been immunized or vaccinated from the relevant diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases are considered to be in non-compliance with this Act, and will be punished with the following a monthly fine of £80.
14. Clarifies that the aforementioned punishments will persist when the unvaccinated child reaches 12 years of age until the child has been vaccinated for the relevant diseases or when the child reaches the age of majority, whichever comes first,
15. Clarifies that in a case of couple that has endured a custody dispute of a child when he or she was between 0-12 years of age, the parent(s) that had legal custody of the child for the majority of his or her life when he or she was between 0-12 years of age will be held legally liable for non-compliance under this Act, and the parent who coincidentally had custody of the child when he or she turned 12 years of age will not be held in non-compliance alone,
16. The punishment of parents in non-compliance of this Act shall be enforced via the list of unvaccinated children compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 4 of this Act, and the NHB Regional Authorities shall be responsible for coordinating, with relevant medical bodies and judicial agencies to collect the monthly fine required from such parents under this article until the unvaccinated child reaches the age of majority or is vaccinated for the required diseases, whichever comes first,
17. States that an Aurentine citizen who has not been properly vaccinated for diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases even when he or she has officially reached the legal age of majority, he or she has the discretion to voluntarily opt for a vaccination outside of parental guidance and authority and is strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against the diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases that he or she has not been formally vaccinated against in the past,
    
    Article 7 - Exemptions
18. Parents with children of ages 0-12 years, or with children from ages 12 to the Aurentine age of majority that have not been vaccinated from diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, may apply for exemption from relevant NHB Regional Authorities, and the NHB Regional Authorities will allow the exemption only if the child has a severe and life-threatening allergic reaction to components of the vaccine, or any similar life-threatening condition that would render the child's survival at high risk after being vaccinated, such as an autoimmune disease,
19. Clarifies that the exemption can only be accepted if the child is properly diagnosed by a licensed doctor, and the diagnosis must be verified by the NHB Regional Authorities, and the exemption will only apply to the specific vaccine that the child is allergic to, meaning that the parent is still required by law to have the child vaccinated for other diseases where the child is not allergic to the respective vaccine or face the legal penalties under Article 5,
20. The NHB Regional Authorities have the responsibility of ensuring that parents who have received exemptions are not unduly punished under Article 5 and fined for not vaccinating a child for a disease listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases for a vaccine that the child has been exempted from.

One word: No.

[Oneracon]

Ok, probably the finalized version of the bill. Removed the part Senator Johnson mentioned, and have a separate section and article to define the age of majority to consent to important medical procedures to be 18.

Compulsory Vaccinations Act

An Act to amend the Bodily Sovereignty Act and institute mandatory vaccinations for deadly and infectious diseases to promote the health of Aurentine children

Urgency: High | Co-Authors: Divitaen [CMP]; Geilinor [NDP] | Category: Health

Sponsors: Ainin [NDP]; NEO Rome Republic [NDP]; Byzantium Imperial [IP]

The Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth,

Recognizing the importance of vaccinations, especially for young children, to decrease the vulnerability of Aurentine citizens to infectious and deadly diseases,

Understanding that a continued proliferation of such infectious and deadly diseases would not only harm the welfare of Aurentine citizens, but place an unnecessary strain and burden upon the Aurentine healthcare system,

Desiring an immediate solution that will require Aurentine citizens to improve their biological immunity to such infectious diseases,

Hereby enacts the following bill:

Article 1 - Medical age of majority

1. The age of majority, when an Aurentine citizen may be granted the ability to make important decisions to undergo medical procedures such as fundamental surgeries and vaccinations, is set to 18 years of age,
   
   Article 2 - Definitions
2. For the purposes of this Act, "vaccine" refers to a medical innovation prepared from a causative agent of a disease or a synthetic substitute of the pathogen that is injected into a human body for the primary purpose of stimulating the body's immune system to prepare against a possible infection by a similar pathogen in the future,
3. For the purposes of this Act, "infectious and deadly disease" refers to a a medical illness caused by a proliferation of a harmful biological pathogen that is easily transmissible to other humans, has a high mortality rate amongst infected individuals and has an existing vaccination that has been tested and proven to increase biological immunity against infection by such a disease,
4. For the purposes of this Act, "children" refers to Aurentine citizens between the ages of 0-12 years, as this is the age when children are the most vulnerable to infectious and deadly diseases,
5. For the purposes of this Act, "age of majority" refers to the age at which Aurentine citizens become of physical and mental maturity, granting them legal autonomy and power of decision-making in life, which under the Sale of Harmful Substances Act and Child Labour Restriction Act has been specified as 18 years of age, although this may change depending on future relevant legislation passed by the Aurentine Senate,
   
   Article 3 - Bodily Sovereignty Act
6. The Bodily Sovereignty Act hereby is amended as follows:
   1. For the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment", the term "individual" shall be replaced with "an adult older or the same age as the Aurentine age of majority";
   2. Adds the sentence "Clarifies that children under the age of majority in Aurentina may still be required by law to participate in certain medical procedures, if relevant legislation is passed in the Senate of the Aurentine Commonwealth, and no Aurentine adult is allowed to prohibit a child or ward under his or her care to participate in a legally-mandatory medical procedure." to the sub-clause entitled "medical treatment";
   
   Article 4 - Infectious and Deadly Diseases
7. The National Health Board (NHB) Regional Authorities shall have the responsibility of compiling a Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, which falls under the relevant responsibility of "regulation of all healthcare professionals" under the Universal Healthcare Act, with a list of medical illnesses which fall under the following criteria:
   1. The disease is easily transmissible and communicable in nature;
   2. The disease causes infected individuals to suffer from a severely-high mortality rate, enough to cause significant disruption to the Aurentine healthcare services;
   3. The disease in question falls under the World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Infectious Diseases, unless it is determined to be a disease that is infectious only within the territories of the Aurentine Commonwealth compared to that in the international community;
   4. The disease has an available vaccine that is able to increase an individual's biological immunity to it;
8. The NHB Regional Authorities are required to list the following diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases:
   1. Tuberculosis;
   2. Hepatitis B;
   3. Pneumococcal;
   4. Diphtheria;
   5. Pertussis;
   6. Tetanus;
   7. Poliovirus;
   8. Haemophilus influenzae type b;
   9. Measles;
   10. Mumps;
   11. Rubella;
   12. Human papillomavirus;
   13. Influenza;
9. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the drafting of a recommended timetable, available for public viewing, for children of ages 0-12 years to be immunized or vaccinated against diseases listed in the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, to guide parents who wish to follow governmental guidelines for vaccination;
   
   Article 5 - Mandatory Vaccinations
10. All children of ages 0-12 years, who are registered, Aurentine citizens, must receive the relevant vaccinations and immunizations against the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, by the time the child reaches 12 years of age;
11. Clarifies that all relevant vaccinations are free-of-charge and completely paid for under the Universal Healthcare Act;
12. The NHB Regional Authorities are hereby responsible for the following duties:
    1. Annually cross-referencing all children, between the ages of 0-12 years, who have received vaccinations under the Aurentine healthcare system, with the list of citizens who turn 12 years of age in that year;
    2. Ascertaining, from the aforementioned cross-referencing, the list of citizens who have not been immunized and vaccinated from the diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases;
    3. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers, relevant Medical Care Trusts and the Office of Medical Care and Ambulance Service Regulation (Ofmed) to compile the relevant information listed in the previous sub-clauses of this clause of this Act;
    4. Coordinating and working with relevant healthcare providers to ensure that relevant safety and hygiene standards are met in the administration of vaccinations, such as not reusing disposable needles on different patients, distributing relevant information about the vaccination timetable compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 3 of this Act, and ensuring that doctors and relevant medical professionals do not administer overdoses to unnecessarily endanger the lives of patients, to be regulated via subnational authorities such as the Medical Care Trusts;
    
    Article 6 - Punishments for non-compliance
13. All parents with children of 12 years of age that have not been immunized or vaccinated from the relevant diseases listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases are considered to be in non-compliance with this Act, and will be punished with the following a monthly fine of £80.
14. Clarifies that the aforementioned punishments will persist when the unvaccinated child reaches 12 years of age until the child has been vaccinated for the relevant diseases or when the child reaches the age of majority, whichever comes first,
15. Clarifies that in a case of couple that has endured a custody dispute of a child when he or she was between 0-12 years of age, the parent(s) that had legal custody of the child for the majority of his or her life when he or she was between 0-12 years of age will be held legally liable for non-compliance under this Act, and the parent who coincidentally had custody of the child when he or she turned 12 years of age will not be held in non-compliance alone,
16. The punishment of parents in non-compliance of this Act shall be enforced via the list of unvaccinated children compiled by the NHB Regional Authorities in Article 4 of this Act, and the NHB Regional Authorities shall be responsible for coordinating, with relevant medical bodies and judicial agencies to collect the monthly fine required from such parents under this article until the unvaccinated child reaches the age of majority or is vaccinated for the required diseases, whichever comes first,
17. States that an Aurentine citizen who has not been properly vaccinated for diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases even when he or she has officially reached the legal age of majority, he or she has the discretion to voluntarily opt for a vaccination outside of parental guidance and authority and is strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against the diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases that he or she has not been formally vaccinated against in the past,
    
    Article 7 - Exemptions
18. Parents with children of ages 0-12 years, or with children from ages 12 to the Aurentine age of majority that have not been vaccinated from diseases under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases, may apply for exemption from relevant NHB Regional Authorities, and the NHB Regional Authorities will allow the exemption only if the child has a severe and life-threatening allergic reaction to components of the vaccine, or any similar life-threatening condition that would render the child's survival at high risk after being vaccinated, such as an autoimmune disease,
19. Clarifies that the exemption can only be accepted if the child is properly diagnosed by a licensed doctor, and the diagnosis must be verified by the NHB Regional Authorities, and the exemption will only apply to the specific vaccine that the child is allergic to, meaning that the parent is still required by law to have the child vaccinated for other diseases where the child is not allergic to the respective vaccine or face the legal penalties under Article 5,
20. The NHB Regional Authorities have the responsibility of ensuring that parents who have received exemptions are not unduly punished under Article 5 and fined for not vaccinating a child for a disease listed under the Registry of Vaccinable Diseases for a vaccine that the child has been exempted from.

One word: No.

So you want to put the health of our nation's children at risk?

[The Union of the West]

One word: No.

So you want to put the health of our nation's children at risk?

You want to put the personal freedom of our nation's people at risk?