| Last Action | 02/23/23: to Health Services (S) | 
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| Title | AN ACT relating to drugs and medicines and declaring an emergency. | 
| Bill Documents | Introduced | 
| Bill Request Number | 845 | 
| Sponsor | A. Southworth | 
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to provide that an independent institution or postsecondary education 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 209.552 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 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 | Courts - Immunization requirements, exemptions, action for damages Diseases - Postsecondary education institutions, immunization requirement, exemptions 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 - 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 - 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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Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)