Summary of Original Version

Amend KRS 214.036 to provide exemptions from mandatory immunization for any child, emancipated minor, or adult who, personally or by a parent or guardian, submits a written sworn statement objecting to the immunization based on conscientiously held beliefs; prohibit any administrative regulation, administrative order, or executive order from requiring during an epidemic the immunization of persons who submit either a written sworn statement objecting to the immunization based on conscientiously held beliefs or the written opinion of the person's physician that such immunization would be injurious to the person's health; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and make available on its Web site a standardized form relating to the exemptions from mandatory immunization and to accept the form after it is submitted; amend KRS 209.552 and 214.034 to conform; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Delete original provisions; amend KRS 214.036 to provide exemptions from mandatory immunization for any child, emancipated minor, or adult who, personally or by a parent or guardian, submits a written sworn statement objecting to the immunization based on religious grounds; prohibit any administrative regulation, administrative order, or executive order from requiring during an epidemic the immunization of persons who submit either a written sworn statement objecting to the immunization based on conscientiously held beliefs or the written opinion of the person's physician that such immunization would be injurious to the person's health; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop and make available on its Web site a standardized form relating to the exemptions from mandatory immunization and to accept the form after it is submitted; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Committee Substitute 1

Summary Change "medical" provider to "health care" provider; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- L. Willner

Summary Delete the exclusion from mandatory immunizations in the event of an epidemic any child whose parents or guardians are opposed to medical immunizations who object by a written sworn statement based on religious grounds or conscientiously held beliefs, EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 2 -- L. Willner

Summary Retain original provisions; add definition of "health care provider".

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 3 -- M. Marzian

Summary Retain original provisions; add requirement that the exemption form include information on symptoms and health risks of diseases, including coronavirus.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 4 -- L. Willner

Summary Retain original provisions; add definition of "epidemic".

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 5 -- L. Bechler

Summary Retain original provisions; add that no person shall be required to be immunized with a vaccine that has not been licensed; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 6 -- L. Bechler

Summary Retain original provisions; add that no person shall be required to be immunized with a vaccine that has not been licensed and undergone at least two years of post-licensure safety study; EMERGENCY.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 7 -- M. Hart

Summary Retain provisions of original bill; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit a public postsecondary educational institution from requiring a student to receive any vaccination for disease, except those required, unless the student is participating in an educational program that involves the delivery of health care services.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 8 -- L. Bechler

Summary Retain original provisions; add that no person shall be required to be immunized with a vaccine that has not been licensed and undergone at least two years of post-licensure safety study; EMERGENCY.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 214.036, 209.552, 214.034
Acts Chapter 147: 214.036
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 214.036
House Committee Substitute 1: 214.036
Current: 214.036