HB5161 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5161

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Tony M. McCombie

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the COVID-19 School Health Care Program Vaccination Program Limitation Act. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the COVID-19 School Health Care Program Vaccination Program Limitation Act.

Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this 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. 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.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.