HB 2242 Virginia House of Delegates · 2021 Regular Session

COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement, discrimination prohibited.

Summary
COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissionerand the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatory board therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiringany person to undergo vaccination for COVID-19 and prohibits discriminationbased on a person's vaccination status with respect to any COVID-19vaccine (i) with regard to education, employment, insurance, or issuanceof a driver's license or other state identification or (ii) in numerousother contexts. The bill also prohibits the inclusion of any patient immunization information in the Virginia Immunization InformationSystem (VIIS) unless the patient has consented, in writing, to inclusionof his information in the VIIS.
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Jan 2021
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Introduced Jan 13, 2021 Last action Jan 28, 2021
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Jan 13, 2021
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Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
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Jan 13, 2021
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102203D
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Dave LaRock
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