HB 558 – Prohibit Mandatory CV19 Vaccinations

Primary House Sponsors: Rep. Larry Pittman (R-Cabarrus); Rep. Keith Kidwell (R-Beaufort, Craven)

 

Summary

This bill:

  • States that whether an individual determines if the individual or the individual’s children will receive a vaccine must remain a protected private matter.
  • Prohibits the question of whether an individual has received an immunization to be asked as a condition of attending any college, university, public or private school, or child care facility.
  • States that the above prohibition applies to any vaccination requirement imposed upon an adult or child by a college, university, public or private school, or child care facility.
  • Prohibits the Governor from requiring or mandating that any person receive a vaccination by executive order.
  • Provides civil and criminal immunity to anyone who refuses to receive a vaccination.
  • Prohibits public health authorities from issuing an order requiring a person to receive a COVID-19 vaccination or series of vaccinations if such action is medically contradicted for the individual or is inconsistent with the individual’s religious or philosophical beliefs.
  • Prohibits public health authorities from issuing an order requiring a minor to receive a COVID-19 vaccination or series of vaccinations if the minor’s parent/guardian holds religious or philosophical beliefs against the vaccination.
  • Requires systems used to track or record information about residents who have received specific vaccinations to provide written informed consent from each adult or minor’s parent whose vaccination records and information are added to the system regarding the individual’s participation and disclosure of information concerning the individual’s vaccine record.
  • Prohibits licensed hospitals from refusing to provide health care services to a patient on the basis of the patient’s vaccination history.
  • Prohibits licensed hospitals from denying, terminating, or suspending a physician’s hospital privileges on the basis of the physician’s vaccination history.
  • Prohibits licensed adult care homes and nursing homes from refusing to admit an applicant or provide services to a resident on the basis of the applicant or resident’s vaccination history.
  • States that an employer’s refusal to hire, discharge, penalize, or otherwise discriminate against an individual due to the individual’s vaccination history amounts to an unlawful employment practice.
  • Prohibits an insurer from refusing to insure or continue to insure an individual, to limit coverage, or to charge an individual a different rate due to the individual’s vaccination status.
  • Prohibits a health benefit plan from using the status of any patients of a provider as a (1) qualification or requirement for entering into a contract with the provider, (2) basis for terminating a contract with the provider, (3) factor in the provision of financial incentives for a provider, or (4) factor in the imposition of penalties on a provider.

Movement

Filed – 4/13/2021