Bill Text: SC H5489 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Vaccinations

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-24 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hill [H5489 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2019-H5489-Introduced.html


A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-29-45 SO AS TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO OPT OUT OF CERTAIN VACCINATIONS BASED ON A MEDICALLY DIAGNOSED HEALTH CONDITION OR A RELIGIOUS BELIEF OR PRACTICE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Chapter 29, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 44-29-45.    Any vaccination offered by the Department of Health and Environmental Control as part of any mass immunization project to protect against infectious disease, or to prevent the spread of a pandemic or a contagious or possibly contagious disease, only may be administered to those individuals who do not opt out of the vaccination based on a medically diagnosed health condition or religious belief or practice. For purposes of this section:

    (1)    'Infectious disease' has the same meaning as defined in Section 44-4-130.

    (2)    'Pandemic' means an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area that affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population including, but not limited to, COVID-19."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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