Amends TCA Title 29, Chapter 26; Title 50, Chapter 6; Title 53, Chapter 1 and Title 68.
This bill:<br /> <br /> (1) Prohibits an employer or any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement from requiring a person to submit or consent to or receive a subcutaneous injection of one or more drugs related to COVID-19 that are approved based on a surrogate endpoint evaluation rather than a clinical evaluation;<br /> <br /> (2) Adds the following as prohibited acts under the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act:<br /> <br /> (A) The suggestion by any person that a person is or may be required by a rule, regulation, or policy of the federal government to submit or consent to or receive a subcutaneous injection of one or more drugs related to COVID-19, particularly as a condition of continued employment or of engaging in any economic or commercial activities carried on in this state; and<br /> <br /> (2) The manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale, or the administration of any one or more drugs related to COVID-19 as a vaccine unless it stimulates a person's immune system to produce immunity to COVID-19 such that a person can be exposed to it without becoming infected with COVID-19;<br /> <br /> (3) Specifies that the Workers' Compensation Law does not apply to any injury to or economic loss suffered by an employee resulting from an employer-mandated subcutaneous injection of one or more drugs related to COVID-19;<br /> <br /> (4) Specifies that informed consent for health care is not obtained for a subcutaneous injection of one or more drugs related to COVID-19 if:<br /> <br /> (A) The healthcare provider knows or reasonably should know that the patient has requested the injection because the patient believes it is or may be required as a condition of employment or by a rule, regulation, or policy of the federal government imposed upon the patient's employer; or<br /> <br /> (B) The healthcare provider, in the presence of the patient, describes, refers to, or implies that the injection is a vaccine or will protect the plaintiff from contracting COVID-19, or any variant thereof, if exposed to COVID-19; and<br /> <br /> (5) Specifies that the provisions described above in (4) will not apply if the healthcare provider obtains in writing from the patient a statement saying:<br /> <br /> (A) That the injection is not related to a requirement of an employer or a condition of employment; and <br /> <br /> (B) That the patient has been informed by the healthcare provider that the injection is not a vaccine that will protect the patient from contracting COVID-19.<br />
This bill:<br /> <br /> (1) Prohibits an employer or any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement from requiring a person to submit or consent to or receive a subcutaneous injection of one or more drugs related to COVID-19 that are approved based on a surrogate endpoint evaluation rather than a clinical evaluation;<br /> <br /> (2) Adds the following as prohibited acts under the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act:<br /> <br /> (A) The suggestion by any person that a person is or may be required by a rule, regulation, or policy of the federal government to submit or consent to or receive a subcutaneous injection of one or more drugs related to COVID-19, particularly as a condition of continued employment or of engaging in any economic or commercial activities carried on in this state; and<br /> <br /> (2) The manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale, or the administration of any one or more drugs related to COVID-19 as a vaccine unless it stimulates a person's immune system to produce immunity to COVID-19 such that a person can be exposed to it without becoming infected with COVID-19;<br /> <br /> (3) Specifies that the Workers' Compensation Law does not apply to any injury to or economic loss suffered by an employee resulting from an employer-mandated subcutaneous injection of one or more drugs related to COVID-19;<br /> <br /> (4) Specifies that informed consent for health care is not obtained for a subcutaneous injection of one or more drugs related to COVID-19 if:<br /> <br /> (A) The healthcare provider knows or reasonably should know that the patient has requested the injection because the patient believes it is or may be required as a condition of employment or by a rule, regulation, or policy of the federal government imposed upon the patient's employer; or<br /> <br /> (B) The healthcare provider, in the presence of the patient, describes, refers to, or implies that the injection is a vaccine or will protect the plaintiff from contracting COVID-19, or any variant thereof, if exposed to COVID-19; and<br /> <br /> (5) Specifies that the provisions described above in (4) will not apply if the healthcare provider obtains in writing from the patient a statement saying:<br /> <br /> (A) That the injection is not related to a requirement of an employer or a condition of employment; and <br /> <br /> (B) That the patient has been informed by the healthcare provider that the injection is not a vaccine that will protect the patient from contracting COVID-19.<br />
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