22RS SB 246

Senate Bill 246

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Last Action	03/01/22: to Health & Welfare (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to drugs and medicines and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	883
Sponsor	A. Southworth
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide that an independent institution or postsecondary educational institution that requires a student to receive an immunization for disease must allow exemptions; establish a cause of action related to any violations of the requirement; amend KRS 209.52 to allow vaccine requirement exemptions at long-term care facilities; create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to provide that a health facility that requires an employee to receive an immunization for disease must allow exemptions; establish a cause of action related to any violations of the requirement; create a new section or KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to establish that an individual in the Commonwealth cannot be required to receive an unapproved drug that has been approved for emergency use by the secretary of the United States Food and Drug Administration; require specified information be given to an individual if he or she does choose to take the drug; create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to provide that an employer that requires an employee to receive an immunization for disease must allow exemptions; establish a cause of action related to any violations of the requirement; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Diseases - Emergency use authorized drugs, requirements Diseases - Postsecondary education institutions, immunization requirement, exemptions Drugs and Medicines - Emergency use authorized drugs, requirements Drugs and Medicines - Immunization requirements, exemptions Drugs and Medicines - Postsecondary education institutions, immunization requirement, exemptions Education, Higher - Immunization requirement, exemptions, action for damages Effective Dates, Emergency - Immunization requirements, exemptions, action for damages Health and Medical Services - Emergency use authorized drugs, requirements Health and Medical Services - Immunization requirement, exemptions, action for damages Health and Medical Services - Postsecondary education institutions, immunization requirement, exemptions Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Health facilities, immunization requirement, exemptions, action for damages Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Long-term care facilities, immunization requirement, exemptions Occupational Safety and Health - Immunization requirements, exemptions, action for damages Public Health - Emergency use authorized drugs, requirements Public Health - Immunization requirements, exemptions, action for damages Public Health - Postsecondary education institutions, immunization requirement, exemptions Public Safety - Immunization requirements, exemptions Civil Actions - Immunization requirements, exemptions damages for injury

02/28/22	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/01/22	to Health & Welfare (S)