#72: The Hidden Threat to Local Control of Public Health

📣 Support S.1521 / H.2547:

An Act Ensuring Municipal Control in Public Health Systems

Sponsor: Senator Peter Durant & Representative Ken Sweezey

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Date of Hearing: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Time: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Location: A1 Hearing Details https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5239

These bills amend the SAPHE 2.0 law passed in The Acts of 2024, lines 4565–4722. That law ties public health funding to a standardized, top-down system of state-defined services. 

The Problem: Under the current law, towns must comply with state-determined public health standards in order to receive state funding. This removes local control and makes funding contingent on conformity, not need.

What These Bills Do:

• Require Local Consent: Towns must approve participation by a 2/3 vote before adopting SAPHE foundational standards or regionalizing services.
• Restore Public Participation: Requires public hearings before the state adopts any new “foundational public health standards.”
• Make Participation Voluntary: Clarifies that towns and boards of health may voluntarily adopt standards — they are not mandated to comply.
• Protect Personal Rights: Prohibits the use of SAPHE programs to coerce individuals into medical procedures, testing, or data sharing as a condition of employment, education, or services.

Why It Matters:

This isn’t about rejecting public health — it’s about restoring public trust. S.1521 and H.2547 defend the right of communities to make their own health decisions without threats, coercion, or centralized mandates.

They ensure that:

• Health systems stay locally accountable
• Towns have a real say before joining statewide programs
• Individuals retain bodily autonomy and medical freedom

Support S.1521 / H.2547. Public health should serve the people, not override them.

Health Freedom News JUNE 24, 2025

• Glyphosate causes cancer https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40490737/
• ID, TN, AK - pharmacists won't provide ivermectin even though it's over the counter https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ivermectin-over-counter-pharmacy-states-rfk-jr-rcna205616
• AMA requesting RFK Jr be investigated by the house HELP committee for firing ACIP members. https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ama/116001?xid=NL_breakingnewsalert_2025-06-10
• Aaron Siri challenges Offit https://x.com/AaronSiriSG/status/1932463622132990451
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• TN funeral directors confirm fibrous clots https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-tennessee-funeral-directors
• New paper demonstrating that the covid vaccines didn't save millions of lives https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392845978_A_Step-by-Step_Evaluation_of_the_Claim_That_COVID-19_Vaccines_Saved_Millions_of_Lives 
• RFK Jr responds to NYT https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1933645190851432696 
• Preprint showing increased fetal loss with covid vaccine https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.18.25329352v1