(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation to expand vaccine access in Illinois, but a Republican lawmaker and medical doctor said the bill is an example of "Trump Derangement Syndrome."

The governor signed House Bill 767 in Chicago Tuesday.

“We are doing this because the Trump administration has upended the advisory committee on immunization practices,” Pritzker said.

The legislation expands vaccine access and empowers the Illinois Department of Public Health to offer vaccine guidelines through its Immunization Advisory Committee.

The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, joined Pritzker in criticizing actions by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“When Secretary Kennedy fired all 17 members of the [U.S. Centers for D

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