1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 279 By: Dahm
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to parental rights; creating the
7 Parental Rights Immunization Act; providing short
8 title; requiring health care provider to obtain
8 informed consent from legal representative prior to
9 vaccinating child; requiring health care provider to
9 provide certain information; providing for
10 codification; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2006 of Title 25, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the
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18 “Parental Rights Immunization Act”.
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19 B. Each health care provider who administers a vaccine set
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20 forth in the Vaccine Injury Table, as established by the United
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21 States Department of Health and Human Services, shall obtain
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22 informed consent from the legal representative or other adult
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23 authorized by law to consent on behalf of a minor to whom such
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24 provider intends to administer such vaccine. Prior to administering
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 1 the vaccine, the health care provider shall provide relevant
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2 information regarding benefits and risks of the vaccine as well as
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3 information concerning the National Vaccine Injury Compensation
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4 Program.
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5 C. Providing a copy of the Vaccine Information Statement, the
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6 source of which is clearly identified, and making available for
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7 review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
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8 “Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases:
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9 Vaccine Excipient and Media Summary”, the Centers for Disease
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10 Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Injury Table or the Centers for
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11 Disease Control and Prevention’s contraindications and precautions
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12 or any combination of these three resources to the legal
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13 representative or other adult authorized by law to consent on behalf
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14 of a minor shall constitute a minimum standard of relevant
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15 information.
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16 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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18 59-1-1484 DC 1/11/2023 4:08:23 PM
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