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SENATE BILL 839
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By: Senators Rosapepe and King
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Finance
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Maryland Voluntary COVID–19 Vaccine Passport 2
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Department of Health to ensure that the 3
Maryland MyIR Mobile immunization record service meets certain design 4
requirements for its voluntary use as a vaccine passport for displaying COVID–19 5
vaccination information on a mobile device; requiring the Department to develop and 6
implement an outreach and marketing plan to raise awareness of Maryland MyIR 7
Mobile; and generally relating to the development and awareness of vaccine passport 8
technology in the State. 9
BY adding to 10
Article – Health – General 11
Section 18–9A–05 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article – Health – General 17
18–9A–05. 18
(A) IN THIS SECTION , “MARYLAND MYIR MOBILE” MEANS THE STATE 19
IMMUNIZATION RECORD SERVICE THAT PROVIDES AN INDIVIDUAL WITH: 20
(1) ACCESS TO THE INDIVIDUAL’S OFFICIAL STATE IMMUNIZATION 21
RECORDS; AND 22
(2) THE ABILITY TO VOLUNTARILY AND SECURELY DISPLAY ON AND 23 2 SENATE BILL 839
TRANSMIT THROUGH A MOBILE DEVICE PROOF OF THE INDIVIDUAL ’S VACCINATION 1
FOR COVID–19 USING A SMART HEALTH CARD QR CODE. 2
(B) ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2022, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ENSU RE THAT 3
MARYLAND MYIR MOBILE HAS A DESIGN T HAT: 4
(1) ENABLES ITS VOLUNTARY USE AS A VACCINE PASSPOR T FOR 5
INDIVIDUALS WHO SEEK TO DISPLAY PROOF OF THE IR COVID–19 VACCINATION 6
STATUS ON A MOBILE DEVICE TO ACCESS A VENUE WHERE PROOF OF COVID–19 7
VACCINATION IS REQUI RED FOR ENTRY; 8
(2) USES A MOBILE APPLICA TION THAT IS COMPATI BLE WITH ALL 9
MOBILE DEVICES IN WI DESPREAD USE , INCLUDING IOS AND ANDROID COMPATIBLE 10
APPLICATIONS; 11
(3) IS ABLE TO AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAY A SMART HEALTH CARD 12
QR CODE IN A WALLET FUNCTION ON ANY MOBILE DEVICE THAT HAS THAT 13
FUNCTION; 14
(4) HAS A SMART HEALTH CARD QR CODE THAT IS VERIFIED AS 15
VALID UNDER COMMONTRUST NETWORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTISTATE 16
FUNCTIONALITY ; 17
(5) IS COMPATIBLE WITH MU LTINATIONAL VACCINE PASSPORT 18
PLATFORMS ; 19
(6) DISPLAYS INFORMATION IN SPANISH AND OTHER LAN GUAGES 20
COMMONLY USED IN THE STATE, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT ; AND 21
(7) ENABLES ITS USE BY IN DIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 22
(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVE LOP AND IMPLEMENT AN OUTREACH 23
AND MARKETING PLAN TO RAISE AWARENESS O F MARYLAND MYIR MOBILE AS A 24
VOLUNTARY VACCINE PA SSPORT TECHNOLOGY THAT MAY BE USED FOR VERIFYING 25
PROOF OF COVID–19 VACCINATION STATUS BY AN INDIVIDUAL, A BUSINESS, AND 26
ANY OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTIT Y IN THE STATE. 27
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 28
1, 2022. 29