If this legislation passes, in brief:

1 - You will have a mandatory vaccination or you will be charged with a crime

2 - You will get a mandatory medical exam, or you will be charged with a crime

3 - Doctors will give the exam or you will be charged with a crime

4 - Your property can be seized if there is 'REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE" that it may pose a public health hazard... it can be burned or destroyed and you will NOT have recourse or compensation.

If you live in Illinois, my home state, please read the remainder of this article. If you live in another US State, please go to More State MEHPA Information - 2/19/2002.

Examples of responses can be viewed on the following two sites: www.vaccinationnews.com and www.vaclib.org.

Threatens Civil Liberties. Unelected officials can force vaccinations, quarantines, rationing & property seizures.

The Emergency Health Powers Act (EHPA) is a draft prepared for the Center of Disease Control (CDC) by the "Center for Law and the Public's Health" at John Hopkins and Georgetown University.

The CDC is urging all states to adopt an EDPA which gives the governors of the states broad, unilateral emergency powers. The original draft came out on October 3, 2001 and because of public outcry against it, a revised draft was issued December 21.

In Illinois there has been two legislative bills introduced to establish the Illinois Emergency Health Powers Act. One is SB 1529 sponsored by Sen. Lisa Madigan (Dem.) Currently SB 1529 is stalled in the Senate Rules Committee and is not an immediate threat.

The second bill is HB 3809 and is sponsored by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (Dem.), Rep. Robert Bugielski (Dem), Rep. Daniel Burke (Dem) and Rep. Louis Lang (Dem). This bill is in the House Committee on State Government and Administration and can be called for a vote at any time.

It is critical that you contact your Illinois representative and senator and have them vote "No" to establishing the Illinois Emergency Health Powers Act.

Below are provisions included in both bills:

• Creates the Illinois Emergency Health Powers Act

• Authorizes $50,000,000, for the total amount of all expenses, approved by the Governor, for any fiscal year

• Allows the Governor, by Executive Order, to declare a public health emergency if specific conditions are met

• Gives the Governor broad, unilateral emergency powers, including financial powers

• Designates the Department of Public Health as the public health authority and the Department of State Police as the public safety authority

• Provides for detecting, reporting, and tracking public health emergencies, and for dissemination of information

• Authorizes special powers over persons including medical exams, and tests, vaccinations, isolation and quarantine, access to patients health records and for property take powers of eminent domain

• Provides for penalties, trial courts for appeal of quarantine, for refusal of vaccinations

• Authorizes special powers for licensing and appointing health personnel

• Provides for immunity from liability

• Provides that the Act controls over conflicting laws and rules

• Pre-empts home rule powers

• Exempts from the reimbursement requirements of the State Mandate Act

• Amends the code of Civil Procedure to authorize quick-take powers of eminent domain

• Effective immediately upon passage of law

Pass the word. Call today. Your civil liberties are at stake.

To find out your Illinois representatives and senator, call your library or click here.

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