Kentucky House Bill 137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-06 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

AN ACT relating to immunization policy.

Rep. Savannah Maddox [R]

Rep. Felicia Rabourn [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-06	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-01-06	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb137.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb137/orig_bill.pdf