FILE -- In this April 24, 2019 file photo Alyssa Hernandez listens as opponents to a proposal to give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children can skip their shots before attending school, speak at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Hernandez, whose son Noah, seen in photos in the background, received a liver transplant when he was six months old and cannot be vaccinated against many vaccine-preventable diseases, spoke in support of the measure. A newer version of the bill, by state Sen. Richard Pan. D-Sacramento, which would require public health officials to scrutinize doctors who grant a high number of exemptions rather than review every exemption, will be will be taken up by the Assembly Health Committee, Thursday, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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