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

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


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