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GA HB1086
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/21/2012
Primary Sponsor
Billy Mitchell
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AI Summary
- Employers in Georgia — including private, public, and nonprofit entities — would be prohibited from requiring vaccination or immunization certificates as a condition of employment when an employee provides a medical exemption from a licensed physician or a signed notarized statement of religious objection
- The definition of "employee" broadly covers full-time, part-time, contract personnel, and independent contractors, but excludes volunteers and persons receiving only per diem reimbursement
- Religious exemptions may be overridden when a disease reaches epidemic stages, and the overall prohibition does not apply during a declared state of emergency where the vaccination requirement is reasonably related to that declaration
- Unvaccinated employees may be excluded from the workplace without pay during an epidemic or threatened epidemic until they are immunized, provide evidence of prior disease conferring immunity, or the epidemic no longer poses a significant public health risk
- The Act takes effect immediately upon approval by the Governor or upon becoming law without such approval
Legislative Description
Labor and industrial relations; mandatory immunizations or vaccinations by employers under certain circumstances; prohibit
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/22/2012
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services2/21/2012
Full Bill Text
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