House Bill 137

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Last Action 01/06/23: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title AN ACT relating to immunization policy.
Bill Documents Introduced
Bill Request Number 863
Sponsors S. Maddox, F. Rabourn
Summary of Original Version Create a new section in KRS Chapter 164 to allow a student, staff, or faculty member to opt out of a postsecondary school's immunization policy for specific reasons; create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a public entity from creating standardized documentation with the purpose of certifying vaccination status; create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to require written notice of vaccination exemptions for a sincerely held religious belief or medical contraindication; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of federal mandates and exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations; amend KRS 214.015 to prohibit the Department for Public Health from releasing personally identifiable information from immunization reports to another public agency or third party; amend KRS 214.034 to prohibit public and private primary and secondary schools and preschool programs from promulgating a new immunization policy and mandating compliance during a school year that has already commenced; and amend KRS 214.036 to allow objection to immunization on the basis of conscientiously held beliefs.
Index Headings of Original Version Diseases - Immunization mandates
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Immunization policy, prohibition of implementation mid-year
Education, Higher - Immunization policy, opting out, students, staff, faculty
Labor and Industry - Employer vaccination mandate, medical contraindication, exception
Occupational Safety and Health - Employer vaccination mandate, medical contraindication, exception
Public Health - Immunization, parents and guardians, conscientiously held beliefs, objection
Small Business - Employer vaccination mandate, medical contraindication, exception
State Employees - Immunization status, disclosure prohibition
Workforce - Employer vaccination mandate, medical contraindication, exception
Civil Rights - Immunization, disclosure, objection, conscientiously held beliefs

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01/06/23
  • introduced in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)


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