HB 5161 Illinois House · 103rd Regular Session

PROTECT EMPLOYEES ACT

Summary
Creates the COVID-19 School Health Care Program Vaccination Program Limitation Act. Contains only a purpose section, providing that it is the purpose of the Act to allow individuals to have the bodily autonomy to make the decision of whether or not to receive a vaccination or its related booster that was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be used under emergency use authorization for treatment of COVID-19 and providing that the State is compelled to recommend that health care facilities do not mandate that students enrolled in a health care program receive a vaccine or its related booster that has been approved under emergency use authorization as a condition of participation in any stage of the health care program. Effective immediately.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Feb 2024
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Introduced Feb 8, 2024 Last action Feb 9, 2024
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Feb 9, 2024
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Tony McCombie
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