Bill Description

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; requiring blood donors to disclose vaccination status as specified; requiring blood packaging to be marked as specified; allowing a person who receives a blood transfusion to request the use of certain blood; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

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HB152 increases the ability of individuals to make medical decisions based on informed consent.  Informed consent is paramount to medical freedom as it ensures a person has enough information to make decisions about their medical care and it's a fundamental aspect of patient safety and a key part of medical ethics and law.

Specifically, this bill requires any person who collects human blood donations for the purpose of providing blood for human blood transfusion shall require blood donors to disclose whether the blood donor has received a COVID‑19 vaccine or any mRNA vaccine at any time.

It requires Blood originating from a donor who has received a COVID‑19 vaccine or any mRNA vaccine shall be conspicuously marked on the packaging of the blood and any paperwork related to the blood.

And it also allows a person receiving a blood transfusion shall have the right to request blood based on whether or not the blood originated from a person who has received a COVID‑19 vaccine or a any mRNA vaccine