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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0943* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 943 |
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| 8 | 8 | | J1 EMERGENCY BILL 2lr3108 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 819 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Salling |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 13, 2022 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Public Health – COVID–19 and Other Influenza–Like Illnesses – Antibody Tests 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing an individual to use proof of a positive antibody test to 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | satisfy a vaccination requirement for COVID–19 or other influenza–like illnesses; 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and generally relating to COVID–19. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY adding to 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Health – General 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 18–405 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Preamble 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Individuals have the civil and human right to live and work without 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | undue restriction; and 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, Medical authorities and institutions have established that antibodies 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | created by the human body, including antibodies to COVID–19 and other influenza–like 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | illnesses, are better, natural, more dependable, and equal to or more powerful than any 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | industrially manufactured vaccine; now, therefore, 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Article – Health – General 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18–405. 21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (A) THIS SECTION APPLIES WITH RESPECT TO COVID–19 AND OTHER 22 2 SENATE BILL 943 |
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| 50 | 50 | | INFLUENZA–LIKE ILLNESSES. 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (B) EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW , AN INDIVIDUAL MAY SH OW 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | PROOF OF A POSITIVE ANTIBODY TEST TO SAT ISFY ANY VACCINATION 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | REQUIREMENT , INCLUDING ANY VACCIN ATION REQUIRE MENT ESTABLISHED BY A 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN MENTAL ENTITY , AN EMPLOYER , AN EDUCATIONAL 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | INSTITUTION, A MEDICAL FACILITY , A BUSINESS ESTABLISH MENT, A NONPROFIT 6 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ORGANIZATION , OR AN EVENT. 7 |
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| 59 | 59 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 8 |
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| 60 | 60 | | measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 9 |
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| 61 | 61 | | been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to 10 |
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| 62 | 62 | | each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 11 |
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| 63 | 63 | | enacted. 12 |
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