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                                           HOUSE BILL NO. 278
                        IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
                       THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
     BY REPRESENTATIVES MCCARTY, Carpenter
     Introduced: 1/18/22
     Referred: Labor and Commerce, Health and Social Services
                                                   A BILL
                                        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
 1   "An Act relating to vaccination equivalents for the COVID-19 virus; and providing for
 2   an effective date."
 3   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
 4     * Section 1. AS 18.15 is amended by adding new sections to read:
 5                         Article 7A. Vaccination Equivalents for COVID-19.
 6                   Sec. 18.15.700. Conditions of employment. Except as prohibited by federal
 7           law, if an employer requires an employee, as a condition of employment, to be
 8           vaccinated against COVID-19, the employer shall accept as equivalent to proof of
 9           vaccination a serology test approved by the United States Food and Drug
10           Administration that shows measurable neutralizing antibodies to COVID-19. In this
11           section, "employee" and "employer" have the meanings given in AS 18.60.105(a).
12                   Sec. 18.15.710. Access to areas and services. Except as prohibited by federal
13           law, if a business, state agency, or political subdivision of the state requires an
14           individual to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to access an area or service that is open
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1            to the public, the business, state agency, or political subdivision shall accept as
2            equivalent to proof of vaccination a serology test approved by the United States Food
3            and Drug Administration that shows measurable neutralizing antibodies to COVID-19.
4            In this section, "business" has the meaning given in AS 18.35.399.
5                   Sec. 18.15.720. Definition. In AS 18.15.700 - 18.15.720, "COVID-19" means
6            the novel coronavirus disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
7            coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
8    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).
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Statutes affected: 
HB0278A, AM HB 278, introduced 01/18/2022: 