Re: Calif. proposed legislation - Emergency Health Powers Act

[Guest guest]

Please take the time to read the whole bill in context. It's talking about

specific times of state declared public health emergencies involving

bioterrorism. It's not talking about quarantining your kid who didn't get a

measles vaccine. I guess people can turn it into an ACLU debate, because it

brings us back to the question that's pretty hot right now - " How many civil

liberties are Americans willing to give up in exchange for the hope of

security and safety? "

ine

[Guest guest]

I think this has already happened in Wi, sad but true...

theta sigma wrote:

> Folks - f.y.i. Something I got from the EMF List - regarding mandatory

> vaccinations, etc. Note especially to Californians -=mark=-

>

> Subject: Calif. proposed legislation - Emergency Health Powers Act

> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:25:23 -0800

> From: Libby Kelley <libbykelley@...>

> roy@...

>

> Dear Roy,

>

> This matter I am bringing to your attention may seem off topic to some on

> your list. However, I think it is highly related. We are at high risk of

> losing more of our civil and constitutional rights in this country and this

> bill represents a trend which deeply concerns me. It would shift the role

> of our public officials and the medical community into enforcement and away

> from care giving and patient confidentiality. I think more public

> accountability and a balance of power in calling for a " State of Emergency "

> in concert with the State Legislature is needed at a minimum!

>

> Here is a link to the full text of a bill now under consideration by the

> California State Legislature called the Emergency Health Powers Act, AB

> 1763, introduced by California State Assemblyman Richman (R-Granada Hills).

>

> http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm

>

> The bill was introduced in January in response to a model bill initiated by

> U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy . For states who

> adopt comparable legislation, they will be eligible for federal

> funding. The bill contains the following provisions to:

> >Give the Governor authority to declare a state of public health emergency

> >without consulting anyone and without any accountability, not even to the

> >Legislature. It gives power to the State or an unelected Public Health

> >Director to-

> >

> >Requires any individual to be vaccinated (contrary to the Nuremberg

> >Code.) Refusal constitutes a crime and will result in quarantine.

> >Quarantine or isolation may be imposed without prior informed consent;

> >without consideration of personal beliefs, prior medical conditions or

> >contraindications; and without any provision to keep families together,

> >including keeping children with their parents or legal guardians during

> >quarantine or isolation.

> >

> >Require any individual to undergo specific medical treatment. Refusal

> >constitutes a crime and will result in quarantine.

> >

> >Seize any property, including real estate, food, medicine, fuel or

> >clothing, an official thinks necessary to handle the emergency.

> >

> >Seize and destroy any property alleged to be hazardous. There will be no

> >compensation or recourse.

> >

> >Draft you or your business into state service.

> >

> >Impose rationing, price controls, quotas and transportation controls.

> >

> >Suspend any state law, regulation or rule that is thought to interfere

> >with handling the declared emergency.

> >

> >It also requires pharmacists to report data on over-the-counter sales, and

> >customer information that pharmacists are not required to obtain under

> >current law (proposed Section 130380, 130382, & 130384).

> >

> >Calls for mandatory immunizations.

> >

> >Gives police powers over medical professionals, medical facilities, and

> >ordinary citizens to the Department of Health Services, to local

> >government agencies responsible for protecting the public's health, and to

> >any person designated by them.

> >

> >Ignores the California Emergency Services Act and all other existing laws,

> >including provisions in the Health and Safety Code, which are in place and

> >have been proven effective to address potential and actual emergencies

> >that could affect public health.

>

> The The AAPS (Association of American Physicians and Surgeons) prepared a

> sample letter to oppose the bill as written, located at

> http://www.aapsonline.org/

>

> The Honorable (first & last name)

> Assembly

> State Capitol

> Sacramento, CA 95814

>

> Dear Assembly Member (last name):

>

> Please list (your name or your organization or business) in Opposition to

> Assembly Bill AB 1763.

>

> [Attention letter writer: Use the above sentence. Listing specific points

> is optional. If you choose to give reasons, select one or more of the

> following points and change the wording some, or add your own.]

>

> We are strongly opposed to AB 1763 for many reasons, including the following:

> AB effectively 1763 forces physicians, dentists, nurses, paramedics, lab

> technicians, pharmacists, and other professionals as well as public or

> private, for-profit or non-profit medical facilities into involuntary

> servitude during a declared state of public health emergency under threat

> of losing their license to practice in California (proposed Health and

> Safety Code Sections 130442 and 130520).

>

> AB 1763 violates patient privacy by requiring physicians, pharmacists,

> dentists and others to report personally identifying information about

> patients before there is a declaration of a state of public emergency, and

> without the patient's written consent. It also requires pharmacists to

> report data on over-the-counter sales, and customer information that

> pharmacists are not required to obtain under current law (proposed Section

> 130380, 130382, & 130384).

>

> AB 1763, contrary to the Nuremberg Code, calls for mandatory immunizations

> (or quarantine or isolation) without prior informed consent; without

> consideration of personal beliefs, prior medical conditions or

> contraindications; and without any provision to keep families together,

> including keeping children with their parents or legal guardians during

> quarantine or isolation.

>

> AB 1763 gives the Governor inappropriate authority to declare a state of

> public health emergency without consulting anyone and without any

> accountability, not even to the Legislature, for 30 days.

>

> AB 1763 inappropriately gives police powers over medical professionals,

> medical facilities, and ordinary citizens to the Department of Health

> Services, to local government agencies responsible for protecting the

> public's health, and to any person designated by them.

>

> AB 1763 ignores the California Emergency Services Act and all other

> existing laws, including provisions in the Health and Safety Code, which

> are in place and have been proven effective to address potential and actual

> emergencies that could affect public health.

>

> Sincerely,

> (your name)

>

> ________________________________________

> Libby Kelley

> Executive Director

> Council on Wireless Technology Impacts

> 936-B Seventh Street, #206

> Novato, CA 94945

> 415 892-1863 (voice)

> 415 892-3108 (fax)

> www.energyfields.org

>

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