Governor Murphy signs law giving NJ control over vaccination rules

🏛️ New Jersey breaks from CDC guidance, letting state health officials set vaccine policy independently for the first time
💉 School vaccine mandates unchanged, but insurers must cover state-recommended shots with no cost-sharing
⚖️ Gov. Murphy accuses federal officials of ‘putting our most vulnerable residents at risk.’

TRENTON – For the first time, New Jersey has separated its own public health vaccine requirements from federal government guidance.

Outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation, which passed largely along party lines last month, aligning health insurance coverage requirements with the updated Department of Health immunization guidance.

On Tuesday, the first updates in 25 years to the state code on communicable diseases would be adopted in the New Jersey…